Helicopter over Ball Square

[catling42.livejournal.com]

Anyone know what the helicopter circling Ball Square is about? It's come right above my house several times in the last 15 minutes.

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[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

Probably related to the accident involving a pedestrian and a FedEx truck: http://somerville.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fedex-truck-hits-pedestrian-in-davis-square

ETA: As in, probably either media hovering, or medivac needing to land at Trum Field.

(and I'm surprised to see an article from Patch show up in my twitter feed-- I thought they shut down a few months ago?)

[apfelorchard.livejournal.com]

An elderly woman (most reports say 91 years old) was hit by a FedEx truck at the corner of Dover and Elm streets:

-- http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/25761311/fedex-truck-hits-elderly-woman-in-somerville?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
-- http://www.whdh.com/story/25761455/elderly-woman-struck-by-delivery-truck-in-somerville
-- http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/06/12/year-old-woman-struck-fedex-delivery-truck/io4xgCi3j7dedVSrU8s91H/story.html?p1=Topopage:Carousel_sub_headline

I think it was a media helicopter, possibly from WBZ, which has posted aerial photos.

I hope she's okay, and it sounds like they're still learning about the circumstances surrounding the accident. Some folks on Twitter suggested she was lying down in the street, but that is, of course, unconfirmed. I'm surprised there aren't more pedestrian accidents at that intersection. I see close calls there at least once a week.

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, according to http://thesomervillenewsweekly.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/somerville-police-investigate-fatal-pedestrian-accident/#more-10254, she did not survive.

[courtney o'keefe (from livejournal.com)]

The Somerville Police Department has also issued a statement: http://somervillepolice.org/index.php/183-somerville-police-investigate-fatal-pedestrian-accident