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An accident occured at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Charlesgate West just as the Fourth of July fireworks lit up the sky above the Esplanade a few blocks away.

Accidents are frequent at that intersection because a lot of eastbound drivers on Commonwealth Avenue don't notice the stoplight at the intersection and unthinkingly run the redlight just as as southbound traffic on Charlesgate West enters the intersection.

Here are pictures from the aftermath of another accident at the intersection, and in this account of the night when Victoria Snelgrove was killed by Boston police outside of Fenway Park is a description of an accident that was avoided by the slimmest of margins.