Driver killed in fiery South Boston crash as car hits barrier, plunges 40 feet
FIRE WHEN IT LANDED. PETER. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, HE SAYS THAT IT CAUGHT FIRE THE MOMENT AFTER IT HIT THAT CONCRETE BARRIER UP THERE ON FRONTAGE ROAD. AND JUST BELOW THAT BARRICADE IS THE MASS PIKE EXIT FROM 93 NORTH, WHERE IT LANDED. MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE ELSE WAS DRIVING BY. THERE AT THE TIME. ALL I SAW WAS A FIREBALL IN THE AIR AND THE VEHICLE COME UP OVER WITNESSES DESCRIBED HEARING AND FEELING EXPLOSIONS AS THIS CAR BURST INTO FLAMES. IT STARTED UP ABOVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE MASS AVE EXTENSION AND FRONTAGE ROAD. WITNESSES SAY AN SUV GOING AROUND 75 MILES AN HOUR SLAM INTO THIS CONCRETE SLAB AT THE DEAD END, BURSTING INTO FLAMES INSTANTLY AND FALLING OVER THE 40 FOOT LEDGE. A WOMAN WHO SAW THE WHOLE THING SPEAKING WITH US OFF CAMERA, I HEARD A BIG KABOOM AND THE VEHICLE FLEW UP OVER THE SIDE AND LANDED ON THE GROUND. THINGS WERE STILL EXPLODING WITHIN IT, SO AT THAT POINT I FIGURED THE GUY WAS ALREADY GONE. SO OR WHOEVER IT WAS, IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN IT LANDED DOWN BELOW IN THE RAMP DOWN HERE, AND THE PERSON INSIDE DID NOT SURVIVE. BOSTON FIRE SAYS THE VICTIM WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE CAR AND NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED. IT’S A TRAGIC SCENE. WE’RE FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS NO CAR UNDERNEATH WHEN IT CAME DOWN FROM THE OVERPASS, THAT IT DIDN’T HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. SOME OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE IMPACT SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD OF ANOTHER VEHICLE NEARBY. CREWS SPENDING HOURS TO TRY TO REMOVE THE VICTIM WHILE AMTRAK AND COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE WAS TEMPORARILY HALTED, TRAFFIC ALSO AT A STANDSTILL. THE ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINING TONIGHT WHY? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? SAD, SAD CASE. AND BACK HERE LIVE YOU’RE LOOKING AT WHAT’S LEFT OF THAT BARRICADE THERE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FENCING THAT WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THIS CRASH. CREWS DID DO SOME REPAIRS, PUT UP SOME TEMPORARY FENCING THERE. NOW LUCKILY THE BARRICADE IT WITHSTOOD THE FORCE OF THAT CRASH AND DIDN’T COME CRASHING DOWN HERE ONTO THE RAMP BELOW. AT THIS HOUR, WE STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN THE IDENTITY OF THAT PERSON WHO DIED HERE.
Driver killed in fiery South Boston crash as car hits barrier, plunges 40 feet
Updated: 6:47 PM EDT Jun 5, 2024
Witnesses reported hearing and feeling explosions as the vehicle burst into flames.
Witnesses reported hearing and feeling explosions as the vehicle burst into flames.
