- Corvette Stingray got stuck on Boston T tracks after wrong turn.
- Driver had no license and vehicle was uninsured and unregistered.
- MBTA crews removed the Corvette from the tracks Wednesday night.
Authorities no doubt interact with Corvettes and their drivers fairly often. Sometimes it’s for speeding. Sometimes the cars are stolen. And sometimes, they’re inexplicably stranded on train tracks. That last scenario is exactly what prompted a Thursday night post from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.
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Not only did they find the mid-engined sports car stuck on the tracks, but they also found a driver appeared to follow one questionable decision with another, then another.
According to Transit Police, officers were dispatched at 4:55 p.m. to the intersection of Beacon and Marion Streets, in Brookline, a town outside of Boston, where they found the bright two-seat coupe sitting directly on the rails.
The driver, a 20-year-old, who reportedly looked more bewildered than panicked, told officers he was “unfamiliar with the area” and simply took a wrong turn.
That wrong turn came with a long list of problems. Police say the young man behind the wheel didn’t have a driver’s license. The Corvette itself wasn’t registered or insured, either. Talk about checking every wrong box at once.
So, in other words, the $60,000+ sports car shouldn’t have been on the road under any circumstances, let alone navigating Boston train traffic.
To be fair, the intersection could be a tad confusing for someone unfamiliar with the area. If a driver were solely focused on something like GPS directions, it could seem like the tracks are part of the lane. Late at night, the recipe could be even more challenging.
At the same time, there’s exactly zero justification for driving a car like that alone into this sort of situation with no license and no insurance. That seems to be why authorities are seeking criminal charges.
A wrecker pulled the car off the tracks, but it’s unclear what happened next. It would seem reasonable to think that the driver had to find a very different way to get wherever he was going. Hey, at least he was close to public transport.
Thanks to Maria for the tip!