On Wednesday morning, a burning SUV smashed through a chain link fence and fell 40 feet onto the road below, killing the driver in a horrific crash in Boston.
Car on fire before crash
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It occurred around 10 a.m. in Widett Circle, near Interstate 93. According to Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke, the car caught fire after crashing through a barrier on the Massachusetts Avenue connector and landing on the expressway’s exit 16 off ramp.
“We’re fortunate that there was no car underneath when it came down from the overpass and that it didn’t hit another vehicle,” Burke stated, adding that “there’s nothing left” of the large SUV.
Driver not identified
The chief stated that they have not been able to ascertain whether the motorist was male or female. Nobody else was in the SUV. There is no news yet on what caused the fire or crash.
“Basically, we just heard a crash, I thought it was just a crash maybe on the bridge or something. And then we come over here for coffee time and we just see a bunch of smoke,” construction worker Moises Valencia told WBZ-TV.
“We were just looking at smoke. We thought the railroad tires were on fire or a building was on fire, something like that. It wasn’t until the smoke cleared we saw something fell off the bridge.”
Currently, there is no additional information accessible regarding the ongoing investigation.
