UPS truck crash litters 495 with packages in Chelmsford

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — A sea of packages scattered across Interstate 495 in Chelmsford Wednesday night after a UPS truck crashed.

The company sent another truck its facility in Chelmsford to help with the cleanup and tried to reload some of the packages that fell off the damaged truck.

Massachusetts State Police say two tractor-trailers crashed and the UPS truck was pried open like a sardine can.

The entire side of the box truck was shorn off, spilling more than 1,000 packages across 495. Many of them were damaged -- either smashed or crushed.

The crash shut down two of the three lanes on 495 in Chelmsford, as crews worked to clean up the spilled packages and smashed styrofoam.

This was one two crashes state police responded to in the same area of the highway. Three of the vehicles involved in the pair of crashes were tractor-trailers.

We know three people were checked out at the hospital for injuries.

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