Alewife MBTA station re-opens for Red Line service 6 days after car crash
ALEWIFE - Red Line service resumed at Alewife Station Friday morning, six days after a car crash at the parking garage caused extensive damage.
The lobby of the station will remain closed for repairs and the parking garage is still partially open.
Lobby of Alewife station is still closed for repairs this morning but service has resumed on the tracks. Riders will have to enter through the Russell Field headhouse. There’s MBTA staff, signs and lights around to help people navigate.@wbz #Cambridge pic.twitter.com/KbgDNeGQsI
— Katrina Kincade (@KatrinaKNews) February 10, 2023
A driver crashed his car into a concrete barrier on the top floor of the garage, causing part of it to collapse back on February 4.
The car was partially hanging off the roof of the garage directly above the main mezzanine of the station. The impact pushed a 10,000-pound concrete barrier from the garage onto the station's glass roof below.
Glass and debris fell into the lobby. A 14-year-old girl was injured by falling debris.
Transit Police believe the 29-year-old Medford man intentionally drove his car into the wall. Police are seeking to charge him with eight counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.