BOSTON — A serious crash left a pickup truck partially dangling off the side of the deck of the Zakim Bridge in Boston on Thursday morning.
Aerial video of the crash showed the truck perched on a snowbank and fencing in a precarious position, with a front tire hanging over a concrete wall on the northbound side of the highway.
MassDOT said the right lane at Exit 19 was closed due to the crash, which occured around 5:30 a.m. on a part of the bridge that runs above the Bunker Hill Community College campus in Charlestown.
Before the crash, the pickup truck driver reportedly swerved to avoid hitting a disabled vehicle, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts State Police told Boston 25.
There was no immediate word on the driver’s injuries.
A heavy-duty tow rotator truck was called to secure the pickup truck.
Morning commuters were slowly making their way past the crash in the left lanes because the right lane was closed to accommodate the emergency response.
The Zakim Bridge is a single-level, 10-lane cable-stayed bridge. It features a unique 183-foot-wide deck carrying four lanes each way of Interstate 93.
There were no additional details immediately available.
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