Overview
- Officers responded just before 11 a.m. to Beacon and Walnut streets after a dark-colored BMW left the roadway and descended the steps onto the Common.
- The driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and no pedestrian injuries were reported.
- Police said the driver may have suffered a medical emergency, and the incident remains under investigation.
- Sky5 images showed heavy front-end damage with the car in a snowbank, and traffic maps indicated delays in the area.
- Granite stairs, a handrail, and wrought-iron fencing were damaged, and Friends of the Public Garden will work with the city parks department on repairs.