Driver taken via helicopter to med. center after crash on 495S in Bolton - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Driver taken via helicopter to med. center after crash on 495S in Bolton - Boston News, Weather, Sports

State police responded to a commercial truck crash on 495S, near the 68.2 mile marker in Bolton, around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Officials said the truck went into the median and struck a cropping of trees. The driver suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken via Life Flight to UMass Lakeside around 4:31 p.m., authorities said. A heavy duty tow came in to help remove the vehicle. The crash shutdown the highway for some ti…

Crash shuts down I-495 in Bolton

Interstate 495 southbound was closed during the Friday afternoon commute due to a crash, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said. MassDOT announced just before 5 p.m. that the highway was closed at Exit 70 to Route 117. Authorities did not give any details about the crash or say whether anyone was injured. Aerial footage showed a truck that appeared to have crashed off the road being pulled up onto the shoulder shortly before 5:30 p.…