Woman hit, killed by duck boat in downtown Boston

BOSTON – A young woman riding a scooter died after she was struck by an amphibious sightseeing vehicle in downtown Boston.

The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Saturday right near public park Boston Common.

A city police department spokeswoman said the person hit was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans told WCVB-TV the woman had died.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether passengers were on the vessel, known as a duck boat, when the crash happened.

A Boston Duck Tours spokesman didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

There’s no word on the cause of the crash.

No further details were immediately available.

This story was originally published April 30, 2016 at 2:13 PM with the headline "Woman hit, killed by duck boat in downtown Boston."