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Rideshare passenger struck on Interstate 93 in Quincy 5%
By John R. Ellement3%
7/20/2026, 12:41:02 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 25.8% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 165 faulty-reasoning hits from 194 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 20.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (17,963 of 18,799 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the article peer group.
A rideshare passenger was seriously injured on Interstate 93 in Quincy Sunday night when he ran into traffic and was struck by a vehicle, State Police said.
Shortly after 9 p.m., the rideshare driver called 911 and reported that their passenger was acting erratically, State Police said in a statement.
The trooper located the vehicle, which had pulled over near the Braintree split, and spoke with the passenger, police said.
The trooper started a conversation with the passenger, but the man suddenly ran away, according to dispatch recordings on Broadcastify.
“He ran away.
I ran after him.
Then he stopped.
I tried to talk to him,” the trooper told dispatchers.
The trooper reported approaching the man a second time.
“He ran into traffic,’' the trooper said.
The person was struck by a vehicle and became trapped underneath it, according to dispatch transmissions.
Troopers and Quincy firefighters extricated the man, who was rushed to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The incident is under investigation by State Police and Norfolk District Attorney Michael W.
Morrissey’s office.
John R.
Ellement can be reached at john.ellement@globe.com.
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