WESTON, Mass. — Massachusetts State Police responded to two fatal crashes on Friday across the eastern part of the state. Those deadly crashes occurred in Weston and Medford.
Around 8 a.m. Friday, police were called to the scene of a crash on Route 16 in Medford where a motorcycle had struck the cab of a tractor-trailer. That motorcycle had been traveling in the breakdown lane on the westbound side of the roadway when it was unable to stop for a tractor-trailer legally turning right into the parking lot of the Meadow Glen Mall.
The operator of that bike, identified as a 23-year-old Chelsea man, was transported to Mass. General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
#MAtraffic : Troopers on scene with a motorcycle vs tractor trailer on RT 16 WB in Medford. The TT Is leaking fuel, @MASSDOT advised. The operator of the motorcycle was transported to the hospital. Right lane currently closed.
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) August 27, 2021
A few hours later, just before 10:30 a.m., police began investigating a fatal crash on I-95 in Weston. That crash occurred on the ramp from I-95 North to the Mass. Pike and was between a car and a tractor-trailer.
State Police say this was a deadly crash.
— Peter Wilson (@PetesWire) August 27, 2021
Traffic in this area is still affected. https://t.co/8V9I8fzUqJ
Police said that a 73-year-old Milford man was killed in the crash, which involved that man’s 2010 Toyota Camry and a tractor-trailer driven by a 57-year-old Plainville, Conn. man. That tractor-trailer driver was transported to Lahey Hospital with serious injuries while the driver of the Toyota was declared dead at the scene.
#MAtraffic : Troopers on scene with a crash between a car and tractor trailer on the ramp from 95 NB to the Pike with serious injuries. The ramps from the Pike to 95 NB and from 95 NB to the Pike are closed. Updates to come.
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) August 27, 2021
Shortly afterwards, around noontime Friday, police responded to a two-car crash on I-95 in Needham that critically injured a 29-year-old Norwood man. That man was operating a 2001 Toyota 4Runner at the time of the crash, which occurred when the Toyota rolled over following contact with a Ford Transit van.
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The driver was ejected from the car during the rollover crash. He was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston where he remains in critical condition. The driver of the Ford Transit was uninjured, police said.
Police initially reported Friday that the 29-year-old had died, but later corrected that report saying the victim was in critical condition at the Boston hospital.
Update - MSP INVESTIGATING ROLLOVER CRASH ON ROUTE 95 IN NEEDHAM
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) August 27, 2021
Earlier today, Troopers responded to a crash on Route 95 in Needham. The 29-year-old man from Norwood previously reported as deceased, is still alive and in critical condition at Beth Israel-Boston.
All three of the crashes remain under investigation.
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