Police have arrested a retired Cambridge police officer from Quincy
they say is responsible for crashing into a pedestrian and driving off
on Wednesday morning.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. on Wednesday in front of the Mass. Ave. T station.
The victim, said to be a middle-aged man, was rushed to Boston Medical
Center with serious injuries. Police say he may have been in the
crosswalk at the time of the crash.
Within hours of the crash, police found the gray 4-door 1999 Mercury
Grand Marquis with Mass. license plate 145G that fled toward Columbus
Avenue after the crash. The driver, 69-year-old Lawrence Stead of
Quincy, was later arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a motor
vehicle accident causing personal injury.
Cambridge police confirm that Stead is a former officer in that city.
He retired in 2009 after 35 years with the department. Stead was
released on $10,000 bail and will be arraigned on Thursday.
The 300-block of Mass Ave. was closed through the morning commute.
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