FedEx Truck Drags 50 Yards Of Guardrail After Mass Pike Crash In Weston

WESTON (CBS) – A Fed Ex tractor-trailer crash backed up rush hour traffic into Boston on the Massachusetts Turnpike early Tuesday morning.

The truck ripped apart a guardrail around 3:40 a.m. and then dragged about 50 yards of it in one of its rear axles in the eastbound lanes in Weston at the I-95 merge. A welder was called in to remove the guardrail which ended up stuck in the back of the truck.

Two lanes were closed and traffic was backed up for eight miles, according to Massachusetts State Police. There were also two additional crashes in that backup.

State Police said the truck driver, a 32-year-old Springfield man, was not hurt, but he will be cited for a marked lanes violation.

The road was cleared around 6:30 a.m.