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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 4 July 2017

Taxi jumps curb at Boston airport, injuring 10 cabbies

By COLLIN BINKLEY tion of anonymity.
DENISE LAVOIE The crash briefly raised
Associated Press fears of terrorism akin to at-
BOSTON (AP) — A taxi tacks in Britain and Nice,
crashed into a group of France. But Massachusetts
cab drivers near Boston’s state police Maj. Frank Mc-
airport on Monday, injur- Ginn said there “does not
ing 10 people in what po- appear at this time to be
lice said appeared to be a any indication of an inten-
“tragic accident.” tional act, but more just a
The 56-year-old driver’s tragic accident.”
vehicle jumped a curb David Procopio, a spokes-
around 1:40 p.m., police man for Massachusetts
said, and struck a group State Police, said that “at
of people gathered at an this preliminary point in the
outdoor break area for investigation, there is no
cabbies. The area, known information that suggests
as the cab pool, is where the crash was intentional.”
drivers wait until they are He said the cab has been
called to pick up passen- seized for further investi-
gers at various locations gation. The driver, from
around Logan Internation- Cambridge, remained at
al Airport. the scene and cooperat-
A police official said it ap- ed with police. Authorities Emergency personnel work at the scene where a taxi driver struck a group of pedestrians, injuring
pears that the driver mis- did not immediately iden- several, Monday, July 3, 2017, in Boston. A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of
takenly pressed the gas tify him but said he is em- “operator error” in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake.
(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
pedal instead of the brake, ployed by Metro Cab. An
and that it’s believed to be employee who answered
a case of “operator error.” the phone at the company nice gentleman to his driver, said those injured all McGinn said all the injured
The person was not autho- declined to comment and peers,” McGinn said. He appeared to be cabbies. appeared to be cab driv-
rized to comment on the would not release any de- said the driver has no his- He said drivers play cards ers. The injuries ranged from
record and spoke to The tails about the driver. tory of driving violations. and dominoes at tables in minor to severe, authorities
Associated Press on condi- “He is known to be a very Abdias Pierre, another cab the break area. said. q
Small airplane fell apart in the air in Wisconsin, killing 6

PHILLIPS, Wis. (AP) — A small heavily wooded area onto were from Bensenville, Il- after, the aircraft dropped with aggressive maneuvers
airplane that went down a state highway, Lt. Gabe linois, and Francis from off radar. Catawba is near in an attempt to right the
in northern Wisconsin fell Lind at the Price County Norco, California. Charles the crash site just south- plane, Knutson said. Weiss
apart in the air, killing the six Sheriff’s Office said. Tomlitz was from Addison, west of Phillips. Several said investigators are still
people on board, a spokes- The six people killed were Illinois, and George Tomlitz things can contribute to trying to determine what
man for the National Trans- identified Monday as from Brookfield, Illinois. Au- planes falling apart in the type of weather the plane
portation Safety Board said 70-year-old Kevin James thorities did not say how air, including flying into ex- encountered and whether
Monday. The Cessna 421 King, 56-year-old Thom- they knew each other or tremely cold air or a cabin it caused the crash.Thom-
that crashed at 3:21 a.m. as DeMauro, 21-year-old how the DeMauros were fire, said Don Knutson, who as DeMauro was a physi-
Saturday left from Wauke- Kyle DeMauro, 63-year-old related to each other. runs an aircraft accident cal education teacher at
gan, Illinois, and was flying James Francis, 69-year- NTSB investigators say the investigation business. He Tioga Elementary School
to Winnipeg in the Cana- old Charles Tomlitz, and pilot of the plane and air said severe weather that in Bensenville, Illinois, and
dian province of Manitoba, 45-year-old George Tomlitz. traffic controllers had a causes “spatial disorienta- Charles Tomlitz was a main-
NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss The sheriff’s office has said discussion about “local tion” of the pilot also could tenance director for the
said. The debris field from they were headed to Can- weather phenomenon” in be a factor in such inci- district, according to a
the crash stretched about ada for a fishing trip. Catawba, Wisconsin, short- dents. This is when the pi- Facebook post from the
a quarter of a mile from a The DeMauros and King ly before the crash. Soon lot overstresses the aircraft school.q