I-90

A truck crashed as it was exiting the Massachusetts Turnpike on Wednesday, closing the ramp to I-495 by spilling trash on the side of the road, state police said. The driver had a minor injury in the crash in Hopkinton, which took place about 9:15 a.m., police said. Police estimated it would take about two hours for the ramp, from…

Massachusetts, meet “Baby Pike,” the boy who was born on Interstate 90 as his mother was heading to the hospital on Sunday. Audelina Ordonez Barrios was heading east on the Mass. Pike Sunday evening when she gave birth to her son on the highway before she could make it to Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, she told NBC10 Boston. The…

It should come as no surprise to any Boston driver that bumper-to-bumper traffic is back. Not that Boston traffic was ever pleasant, but years of many companies allowing remote work during the pandemic did ease the load on many highways. Workers have been steadily returning to the office, however, and traffic is on the rise — in some parts of…

A driver who fled multiple crashes he caused, then a police stop, on the Massachusetts Turnpike Sunday afternoon in a wild chase that ended with his arrest in a swamp is now facing multiple charges, officials said. The driver finally crashed his gold Cadillac XTS sedan in Charlton and fled on foot, according to state police, and was only arrested…

A water main broke in Newton near the Massachusetts Turnpike Friday, affecting traffic on the highway. Newton firefighters urged the public to avoid water flooding in Newton Corner by the on-ramp to the Pike about 12:31 p.m. Some nearby businesses are without water and were forced to close. The ramp to the westbound side of the highway was closed for…

Police were looking for a man who fled a crash on the Mass. Pike Friday near Boston University, according to an alert released by the school. State and local police were looking for a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard and black sweater near Commonwealth Avenue and Buick Street, the alert said, but have since left the area. The man…

MassDOT said I-90 eastbound was closed late Sunday night and traffic was being detoured at Exit 51 following a crash near mile marker 52.

Since the pandemic, Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says, we’re seeing shifts in when, where and who is commuting.

A man suspected in a West Hartford, Connecticut, shooting was the subject of a police search in western Massachusetts that closed down part of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Massachusetts State Police and local police were looking for 22-year-old Darnell Barnes, considered armed and dangerous, in Russell and Blandford, troopers said. Barnes allegedly shot someone multiple times early Friday morning. “Residents asked…