Driver who crashed into Fenway Park forklift involved in multiple wrecks beforehand

THE FIELD. WAS SHE A YANKEE? THE FORKLIFT DRIVER SAVED THE DAY. BOSTON POLICE SAY IT WAS A PERSON OPERATING THIS FORKLIFT INSIDE FENWAY PARK WHO HELPED STOP A WOMAN ON A WILD JOY RIDE THROUGH BOSTON. THAT WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING HER CAR INTO GATE C TOWARD A SECOND OPEN DOOR LEADING TO THE FIELD WHEN SHE WAS BLOCKED AND TRIED TO GET AWAY, THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR HELPED STOP HER. HE RAMMED HIS FORKLIFT INTO THE FRONT END OF HER CAR AND ACTUALLY LIFTED THE FRONT END OF HER CAR UP OFF THE GROUND BY ABOUT FOUR FEET AND STOPPED HER COLD IN HER TRACKS. POLICE SAY THAT WOMAN RESISTED ARREST, BUT THEY WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET HER INTO CUSTODY AND INTO AN AMBULANCE. BUT STATE POLICE SAY THIS ALL STARTED EARLIER IN REVERE. THAT SAME VEHICLE HITTING SEVERAL CARS AND TAKING OFF FROM A STATE TROOPER AFTER HITTING CARS IN THE TED WILLIAMS TUNNEL. POLICE SAY SHE WOUND UP AT THE COAST GUARD BARRACKS IN THE NORTH END. DRIVING THROUGH THIS MAIN GATE, WHICH WAS OPEN AT THE TIME. WE JUST HAD A VEHICLE RAM THE GATE AT THE COAST GUARD BASE. AFTER ROAMING THE BARRACKS, POLICE SAY SHE RAMMED THROUGH THIS SECOND GATE, WHICH CREWS WORKED TO FIX TODAY, THEN SPED TOWARD THE BACK BAY, HITTING SEVERAL OTHER CARS AND DRIVING THE WRONG WAY UP BOYLSTON TOWARD FENWAY. POLICE SAY SHE ALSO RAN OVER A WORKERS FOOT ON BROOKLINE AVE AND HIT HIM WITH HER MIRROR BEFORE DRIVING AROUND FENWAY MULTIPLE TIMES AND HEADING INTO GATE C. NOW, POLICE SAY THEY FOUND NO SIGNS OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL ON THAT WOMAN OR IN HER CAR, AND SHE IS BEING HELD AT THE HOSPITAL FOR SECTION 12 ON MENTAL HEALTH

Channel: WCVB Channel 5 Boston

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Keywords: Boston, Coast Guard Boston, Colleen Marie Gibbs, Massachusetts, boston, crash, east boston, fenway park, revere, wcvb

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Length: 1min 36sec (96 seconds)

Published: Mon May 06 2024