Cement Piece Falls on Car

Boston drivers should look in all direction when operating in the city, and especially on the bridges connecting the city with Cambridge. Looking left, right, straight and back are not enough any more. Glancing up is the next step - you never know - concrete blocks may be falling from the sky.

A 3-pound piece of cement fell from a Green Line viaduct on Nashua Street by the Science Park station in Boston yesterday, hitting a car below and shattering its rear window.

Luckily, the driver of the car was not injured in the crash.

Officials from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and state police said that the object which damaged the 2010 Toyota Camry driven by an Acton man was a piece of concrete.

MBTA engineers later inspected the viaduct and deemed it structurally sound for continuing traffic.