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Two multiple-car crashes caused major traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound inside the Prudential Tunnel on Tuesday afternoon, with one vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Smoke made its way into Copley Place through air vents, according to the Boston Fire Department. One crash involved six vehicles, the other two vehicles — firefighters were called about 3:45 p.m. Lanes were closed…

Serious injuries have been reported

One person has died following a crash between a car and a tractor-trailer on the ramp from Interstate 95 north to the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston on Friday, state police said. The crash was reported around 10:45 a.m. Preliminary investigation showed that a 2010 Toyota Camry collided with a tractor-trailer, trapping the operator of the Camry inside their vehicle. The…

Multiple vehicles, including a tractor trailer, crashed Monday night on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston, closing two lanes of traffic near the Prudential Tunnel. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said on Twitter at 9:30 p.m. that drivers should expect delays as a result of the crash. The crash happened on Interstate 90 westbound at the exit of the Prudential Tunnel….

A Medford man died Tuesday when the motorcycle he was driving crossed lanes and struck a wall on the Massachusetts Turnpike, state police said. Troopers responded to Interstate 90 eastbound in Boston around 12:30 p.m. and found a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle had crashed, critically injuring the 21-year-old driver. No other vehicle was involved. The victim, who has not been identified,…

An effort by the state Department of Transportation to replace or repair eight bridges on the Massachusetts Turnpike this summer with minimal disruption to weekday commuters is underway. Workers completed the Interstate 90 westbound bridge over Woodland Road in Southborough on Monday morning, officials told The Boston Globe. Work on what’s known as the “Acceler-8” project on the highway’s...

Views of the daily commute into Boston from the west are about to change significantly as construction gets underway on a new high-rise. The Fenway Center project will go up over the Massachusetts Turnpike between Beacon Street and Brookline Avenue as part of a long-planned redevelopment of the neighborhood. The 350-foot tower will be dedicated to the life sciences. The…

A tractor trailer turned on its side, blocking an off-ramp after a crash on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Millbury early Tuesday morning. The Millbury Fire Department was on scene of the crash shortly after 1 a.m. Monday near the off-ramp to Exit 11. The I-90 East off-ramp was still closed as of 5 a.m. due to…

Authorities have identified the man struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham on Saturday. State Police say 57-year-old Mustapha Faddi, of Marlborough was fatally struck shortly before 6a.m. after exiting his vehicle on Interstate 90 eastbound, at the 116.2 mile marker. According to a preliminary investigation, Faddi’s car became disabled in the right lane due…

A Marlboro died Saturday morning after he was struck by a tractor-trailer on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham, state police said. Just before 6 a.m., state troopers responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on Interstate 90 eastbound, at the 116.2 mile marker. Police say, according to a preliminary investigation, a 57-year-old man was driving a…

A truck that belongs to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation went up in flames Thursday morning. Firefighters worked to put out the blaze, which broke out on the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston near Fenway Park Thursday morning. Only one lane was open on the westbound side of I-90 while the left lane on the eastbound side…

A 33-year-old Hartford man was fatally struck by a tractor-tralier on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton late Tuesday after he apparently exited his vehicle on the side of the highway, authorities said. According the Massachusetts State Police, the man exited his Toyota Camry after it became disabled in the breakdown lane on the eastbound side of the Mass. Pike around…

As a nor’easter sweeps through New England Saturday, dropping rain and snow amid high winds, the conditions for drivers on the road are looking rough. By midday, central Massachusetts had been impacted significantly. The speed limit on the Massachusetts Turnpike was reduced to 40 miles per hour — state troopers said they’d responded to several crashes. That speed limit will…

The Mass Pike has reopened after a wrong-way crash in Natick shutdown the eastbound side during the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Four people were hospitalized early Wednesday morning after a wrong-way driver crashed into an ambulance in Natick, shutting down part of the Massachusetts Turnpike, state police said. The wrong-way driver was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital where he was listed in critical condition, authorities said. Two paramedics from Vital Ambulance — a 45-year-old man and a 38-year-old man — were also…

A wrong-way crash in Natick shutdown the eastbound side of the Mass Pike during the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Eastbound lanes of the Massachusetts Turnpike were temporarily shut down in Newton following a 5-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. in the area of Exit 17, and state police said multiple vehicles were across all of the lanes and could not be moved off the roadway. All eastbound lanes were closed while police worked to…

A tractor trailer rollover in Boston forced the closure of the eastbound side Interstate 90 by Boston University Sunday morning.

Transportation officials in Massachusetts are set to update the public about a major project to remake the Massachusetts Turnpike in the area near Boston’s Allston neighborhood, the Boston Globe reports. According to the paper, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack on Monday will disclose the state’s latest thinking on the Massachusetts Turnpike Allston Interchange project, which would squeeze 12 lanes of...

Delays are expected on the Massachusetts Turnpike throughout the morning rush hour after an early-morning crash involving a tractor trailer carrying a load full of grapes. State police said the single-vehicle accident occurred around 2:20 a.m. on Interstate 90 eastbound in Westborough when a tractor trailer carrying grapes rolled over. The driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries, police said….