To the less six injuredtwo critics, after hitting a truck against a building and Several pedestrians in Boston (Massachusetts) This Tuesday in the Chinatown neighborhood. A cargo truck has crashed into a building in the afternoon in the Chinese neighborhood of Boston. He accident has taken place At 12:45 hours (6:45 p.m.) in the Kneeland street area and Harrison Avenue.
“We have no reason to believe that it has been an intentional act,” said Suffolk district prosecutor Kevin Hayden, during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
He Boston Police CommissionerMichael Cox, stressed that, apparently, it was a “tragic accident, more than anything else.”
After the accident, the driver He has been caught in the cabin of the truck. It has had to be rescued by firefighters. When emergency services have arrived at the scene, They have found four people on the floor and the host driver.
The Chinese neighborhood of Boston has a long history. It was founded in the early nineteenth century by Chinese immigrants. It is the oldest Chinese neighborhood in the United States.
The first Chinese immigrants arrived in Boston at the end of the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Chinese neighborhood had become a large commercial and cultural center. The area houses various businesses, such as restaurants, supermarkets and laundries.
It has also become a center of Chinese culture, with temples, associations and social clubs. In the 1950s, the Chinese neighborhood experienced a decline due to urban renewal and construction projects.