Emergency repairs wanted after dumpster truck strikes bridge on Route 1 in Saugus

Commuters confronted vital site visitors delays in Saugus Friday morning after a truck struck a Route 1 overpass.

The crash occurred on Route 1 southbound at Walnut Avenue, initially closing the 2 righthand lanes of site visitors, in accordance with the Massachusetts Division of Transportation. 

A JRM Hauling and Recycling truck carrying a dumpster struck the underside of the overpass, Massachusetts State Police spokesperson Dave Procopio informed Boston.com through electronic mail. Images from the scene confirmed a gap punched into the bridge’s steel beams. 

The motive force, a 38-year-old Lowell man, was taken to Massachusetts Basic Hospital with critical however non-life-threatening accidents, he mentioned. Opposite to some earlier information experiences, Procopio mentioned the motive force was not ejected from the truck, however as a substitute obtained out on his personal and fell to the bottom.

An inspector cleared the bridge, and all lanes of site visitors reopened on Route 1 southbound in Saugus round 10 a.m., in accordance with Procopio. 

In a later information launch, MassDOT mentioned it should conduct in a single day emergency restore work on the bridge between 8 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Saturday.

The 2 proper lanes of site visitors on Route 1 southbound and the on-ramp from Route 129 westbound to Route 1 southbound might be closed through the repairs, with security indicators and police particulars readily available to information drivers by way of the work zone, in accordance with MassDOT. 

Drivers ought to anticipate delays and diminished speeds, the company cautioned.