17-mile backup on Massachusetts Turnpike follows crash

[TexasTowelie]

The crash closed multiple lanes on the Massachusetts Turnpike late Friday afternoon.



Massachusetts transportation officials are working to ease a multi-mile traffic backup following a four-vehicle crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike Friday.

A crash in the eastbound lanes of the Pike near Exit 10 resulted in a jack-knifed tractor-trailer blocking several lanes along the highway.

The multi-mile backup soon formed, at one point reaching 17 miles west of the crash site, Massachusetts State Police estimate.

The right lanes and the breakdown lane have been reopened, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said at 5:44 p.m. The left lane remains closed.

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/breakdown_lane_opened_after_tr.html#incart_river_home

All four lanes were reopened in the evening.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Stupid drivers..roads are wet or spots of snow and ice..this is either

autos in front of truck being stupid..or someone cutting off the truck..causing trucker to break hard...born and raised in Mass...brother is a trucker..numerous stories he told..driving in and out of Mass..carrying cars....stupid impatient drivers..or those who take NO precautions on existing road conditions..

PIC doesn't indicate much traffic in front of truck -

[DemForEvar]

2. Oh my...

That looks horrible.

[LiberalFighter]

3. That has to be fun.

[FenwayDonkey]

4. I bitch about the Green Line but that sounds like hell*