Traffic & Transit
All I-93 Lanes Shut Down Due To Fiery Boston Crash [Watch]
A crash this afternoon shut down the roadways.
BOSTON, MA — A multi-vehicle crash gave way to a fire that closed down all of I-93 North in Boston Sunday afternoon. The crash happened right around where the old Boston Globe building is in Dorchester. There has been no word on injuries or how the crash occurred.
The right two lanes have been reopened. Traffic was being detoured at Exit 14 onto Morrissey Bvld.
A Patch reader sent in the following video showing at least one car engulfed in flames with people standing on the highway watching as black smoke billows into the sky:
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>>>Also today: Immigration Checkpoint On I-93 In N.H.
Crash on I-93 N #MATraffic still delaying traffic 60m more than usual https://t.co/RA9pTsnO6p pic.twitter.com/2rwWVwYee3
— Unusual Traffic BOS (@WazeTrafficBos) June 17, 2018
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A multi-vehicle crash has caused at least one car to catch on fire and all NB lanes to shut down on I-93 near Quincy #Boston25 https://t.co/5iP6IYbJjJ pic.twitter.com/kzKfLyKKbV
— Manu Macedo (@manuoumacedo) June 17, 2018
#MAtraffic Alert: Boston, I-93 NB prior to Savin Hill Ave: Vehicle fire. All lanes 93 NB closed. Traffic being diverted off at exit 14 Morrissey Blvd.
— Mass. Transportation (@MassDOT) June 17, 2018
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Images up top are screengrabs of the video courtesy a Patch reader
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