BOSTON — A sightseeing vehicle has collided with a car in downtown Boston.
The accident occurred Thursday near the intersection of State and Congress streets, close to the Old State House.
Images show the front of a Boston Duck Tour amphibious vehicle pressed up against the driver’s side door of a white sedan.
Officials said the driver of the car was taken to a local hospital but suffered only minor injuries.
The accident comes amid increased scrutiny of the use of the vehicles to conduct tours in urban areas after 17 people were killed last month when an amphibious tourist boat sank in Missouri.
WESTFIELD — Muslim activists are condemning anonymous mailers targeting a Muslim-American congressional candidate in Massachusetts.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Massachusetts chapter says the illustrated mailers attempt to “stoke fears” of Muslims.
They criticize attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud for serving on CAIR-Massachusetts’ board of directors and as general counsel for The Muslims of America.
The two organizations are frequent targets for right-wing groups.
The Muslims of America operates Muslim enclaves like Islamberg in New York. CAIR is often tied to fundamentalist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, which it denies.
Amatul-Wadud is challenging U.S. Rep. Richard Neal in the Sept. 4 Democratic primary.
MALDEN — A 1-year-old motorist has been pulled over for driving without a license — but he got off with a “cuteness warning.”
Police in the Boston suburb of Malden say they staged the traffic stop Tuesday afternoon after spotting Grayson Salerno driving a red toy Mercedes convertible along a sidewalk.
An officer pulled his cruiser behind Grayson, switched on the blue flashing lights and pretended to write a ticket.
Photos and video of the incident have been widely shared on social media.
Grayson’s mother, Cori Salerno, says she’s tickled the mock misdemeanor has made so many people smile.
It’s doubtful the young offender understands the charge. He was wearing a T-shirt with the inscription: “I have literally no idea what you are saying.”
FOXBOROUGH — A young Connecticut woman didn’t want to ever lose the autograph she got from Tom Brady.
The New England Patriots star signed 19-year-old Megan Uhrynowski’s arm after a practice at Gillette Stadium on Monday night that she had attended with a friend.
Uhrynowski, a college student, said her friend had suggested she turn the autograph into a tattoo.
So she did.
Uhrynowski went to a tattoo parlor the next day and had the five-time Super Bowl champion’s signature permanently etched on her arm.
She said she was “freaking out” when Brady responded to her request to sign her arm during an autograph session with fans, adding: “It was probably like the coolest thing.”
From Associated Press