Crime & Safety

Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down Pearl Street

The street was closed for a couple of hours Wednesday morning.

BRAINTREE, MA — A tractor-trailer crash shut down Pearl Street Wednesday morning.

Pictures from the scene show the truck on its side at the train bridge. A police investigation revealed that the driver didn't have his dumpster boom down, which struck the bridge and caused the rollover.

The bridge did not suffer structural damage.

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Pearl Street was closed for about two hours, police said.


Images via Braintree Police Department

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