Friends and family of duck boat crash victim testify at State House
Friends and family of the woman struck and killed by a duck boat testified Thursday at the State House in favor of proposed legislation that would tighten oversight of the industry, The Boston Globe reports.
Kevan Moniri, who was a passenger on the scooter driven by his friend, 28-year-old Allison Warmuth, when the duck boat struck them on April 30, told lawmakers that a blind spot camera on the tour vehicle could have prevented the fatal crash. He told the Joint Committee on Transportation that it was clear the duck boat driver didn’t know he and Warmuth were stopped in front of the vehicle at a red light when the tour vehicle moved forward as the light turned green.
The proposed legislation would mandate vehicles operating on land and water be equipped with blind spot cameras and sensors and prohibit drivers of sightseeing vehicles from narrating tours at the same time.
“With this bill, I don’t think anyone is looking to run sightseeing companies out of business,” Moniri told the committee. “I believe that if the driver had been exclusively focused on the road, Allie would be alive today.”
The crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed in connection to Warmuth’s death.
Read the full report at the Globe.
