Crime & Safety
Police, Emergency Crews Continue Cleanup of 495 South in Marlborough
Dealing with the aftermath of a tractor trailer crash late this morning, police continue to block a lane and have charged the drive of the vehicle.
The Massachusetts State Police are still occupying the right travel lane and breakdown lanes of 495 southbound just past the Route 20 exit in Marlborough.
The center and left travel lanes are open to travelers as emergency crews continue to clean the roadway of some leaking diesel fuel, said police.
Police have released the name of the driver whose tractor trailer rolled on the highway late this morning, blocking all lanes for several hours.
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"A preliminary investigation by Trooper Stephen Sullivan indicate that the operator of a tractor trailer unit, Christopher Lee Hudson, 38, of North Carolina, was driving on the ramp onto Route 495 southbound from Route 20 in Marlborough, said a release. "The load on the truck shifted and the tractor trailer rolled across Route 495. A box truck driving southbound on Route 495 took evasive measures to avoid the turned over truck and came to rest in the median strip. There wasn’t any contact between the two vehicles."
Police said they did not know what Hudson was transporting (as of this post), and he was transported to the hospital by after complaining of minor injuries.
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He will be cited by police for speeding and driving with an unsecured load.
There was no estimate of when all lanes would be open at the time of this post.
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