HAVERHILL, Mass. — One person is dead after a car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer and burst into flames at a rest stop on Interstate 495 early Monday morning, authorities said.
Troopers responding to a report of a crash at a rest area along the highway in Haverhill found a vehicle crumpled against the back of a parked tractor-trailer, according to Massachusetts State Police.
The driver of the vehicle, whose name hasn’t been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Video captured by a Boston 25 photographer showed a tow truck driver loading the mangled vehicle onto a flatbed.
State police said the rest area reopened around 6:30 a.m.
An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
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