Bostonist’s Bad Joke
A horrible multiple vehicle accident resulted in fiery death yesterday and all the Bostonist could do was crack jokes:
Hopefully you’re reading this on your iPhone or before leaving work, because you might have a crappy commute home if you go by Coolidge Corner. A couple of cars were involved in a fiery wreck right in front of the Gap store on Harvard Street. Maybe the drivers were distracted by some really nice chinos on display?
Classy.
It’s not just that the joke was tasteless — it was — but it simply wouldn’t have been funny in any context. It was just a lame joke that lacked even a trace of humor. And under the circumstances it was a lame joke with no class and incredibly tasteless timing.
The author of the post later claimed that she didn’t know anyone was in the vehicle at the time and was only making the joke based on the information that the accident happened in front of The Gap. Even though the post was accompanied by the above image of fiery horror.
I was inside the Walgreens in Coolidge Corner when the accident happened and let me tell you, when I exited I thought all hell had broken loose down the street based on the smoke and the amount of fire trucks, cops, and ambulances that were on the scene.
For the record, according to The Daily News Tribune:
A 79-year-old Newton man was killed and a 52-year-old Wellesley woman seriously injured in a fiery three-car crash in Coolidge Corner Thursday afternoon. Five children and a 32-year-old woman also sustained minor injuries, according to Brookline Police Capt. John O’Leary.
LOL!