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Video shows truck scrape Sumner Tunnel in Boston before getting stuck inside

Video shows truck get stuck in Sumner Tunnel in Boston just before rush hour
Video shows truck get stuck in Sumner Tunnel in Boston just before rush hour 00:14

BOSTON - The Sumner Tunnel in Boston was shut down briefly early Tuesday morning after an incident with a truck.

Video from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) showed a truck that was too tall for the tunnel scrape the ceiling and end up stuck inside just before 4 a.m. No one was hurt.

The tunnel was shut down and the truck was removed about two hours later. A MassDOT spokesman said inspectors determined there was no structural damage to the tunnel.

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This truck ended up stuck in the Sumner Tunnel in Boston just before 4 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. MassDOT

Traffic was diverted to the Ted Williams Tunnel until the Sumner re-opened just after 6 a.m.

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