02/01/2014 - Around 0930 hours on the morning of Saturday, February 1, 2014 the Boston Fire Department responded to the area of East Broadway & L Street in South Boston for a reported car versus building. Companies arrived to find a car driven into the "D" side of a commercial building at 739 East Broadway. The building, occupied by Jack Conway & Company Realtor's, reportedly had one occupant in the building at the time of the collision, but they were not injured. Bystanders reported that the vehicle, driven by an elderly male drove across East Broadway, into the parking lot of the Stop & Shop and collided into the building in reverse. The front end of the Mercury Grand Marquis could be seen protruding from the building. The driver was extricated from the vehicle and the building and was transported by Boston EMS to the Massachusetts General Hospital. The injuries were reported to be minor. Boston Fire utilized a full technical rescue response for the accident. Crews utilized Paratech shoring devices to secure the building before the vehicle was removed from the building. The cause of the accident is currently under investigation by the Boston Police Department.
