BOSTON -- Massachusetts State Police say a manhole
cover crashed through a windshield on a major Boston highway during the
morning commute Friday, killing a driver. Authorities say the
metal manhole cover became "dislodged and airborne" before it slammed
into a car in one of the southbound lanes just before 8 a.m., CBS Boston reports.
The
driver was an adult woman, but authorities were not releasing further
details about her identity pending proper notification of next-of-kin,
State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said in statement reported by the
station.
He said the manhole cover came loose at about 7:50 a.m.
and that the vehicle it hit continued forward before striking a wall on
the left shoulder of the highway and coming to a stop.
It's
unclear what caused the manhole cover, normally situated in the left
southbound lane near the exit of the O'Neill Tunnel on I-93 South, to
become dislodged. That is part of an ongoing investigation, Procopio
said.
Two lanes of the highway were shut down while the investigation was underway Friday.
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