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Driver Taken to Hospital with Serious Injuries After Wrong Way Crash in Mansfield

The crash caused a multi-hour closure on I-495; one driver was seriously injured and emergency crews are investigating the wrong-way travel cause.

  • On November 23, 2025, Massachusetts State Police responded to a wrong-way driver and found a head-on crash on Interstate 495 southbound in Mansfield, with one driver taken to Boston Medical Center seriously injured.
  • After troopers were alerted to a wrong-way driver, the Massachusetts State Police Foxborough barracks received multiple reports of a head-on collision following a 2:22 a.m. call.
  • Video from the scene showed heavy front-end damage to both vehicles and debris littering the road, while fire crews said two vehicles were heavily damaged and helped clear the scene.
  • Troopers shut down I-495 southbound, and the highway was closed for hours during emergency response, with the left travel lane reopening shortly after 2:30 a.m.
  • The Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction and Crime Scene Services sections are investigating, and authorities say it remains unclear if the seriously injured victim was driving the wrong way.
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An investigation is ongoing after a driver in the opposite direction caused a frontal crash that closed part of Interstate 495 in Mansfield early Sunday morning, authorities said. According to Massachusetts State Police, officers who responded to vehicle reports moving in the opposite direction in the southern lane found two cars involved in the accident.The driver of one of the vehicles was transferred to the Boston Medical Center with serious …

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NBC Boston broke the news in Boston, United States on Sunday, November 23, 2025.
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