1 Dead, 2 Injured In Mass. Pike Crash

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BOSTON (CBS) – One person was killed and two others were seriously injured in a crash on the Mass. Pike eastbound in Brighton.

The crash happened when two people got out of a pickup truck to secure a load of scrap metal on a trailer. State Police say a white BMW crashed into the back of the trailer, killing one person and seriously injuring the other.

One person was killed and another two others were injured in a crash on the Mass. Pike in Brighton (WBZ-TV)

Police say the truck stopped in the right travel lane in an area without a breakdown lane.

The driver of the truck, a 20-year-old Everett man, died at the scene. The passenger in the truck, a 25-year-old Everett man, and the driver of the BMW, a 19-year-old Revere man, suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Traffic was backed up for several miles while police investigated the crash.