Propane truck driver dies in MA I-190 crash, shutting freeway – NBC Boston

A propane truck leaked gas after it was concerned in a crash on Interstate 190 in West Boylston on Sunday night time, Massachusetts State Police mentioned. The truck’s driver died.

The freeway was closed for hours between Exit 4 and Route 140 in Holden, with a hazmat crew as a part of the response. The driving force of the truck had been flown by helicopter to a neighborhood hospital for therapy, in response to police.

Site visitors impacts continued into Monday afternoon. Fireplace personnel have been working to empty the truck’s propane tank, state police mentioned.

Hazmat technicians and a particular operations workforce from the Division of Fireplace Providers have been referred to as in to help. The truck was carrying greater than 2,000 gallons of propane, which crews wanted to maneuver to a different automobile.

“This has been a methodical and deliberate course of due to the product’s excessive flammability and explosive hazard,” a spokesperson mentioned.

The 2-vehicle crash was reported about 8:30 p.m. Sunday on the 6.8 mile marker, police mentioned. Southbound visitors was being rerouted off the freeway at Exit 9 and northbound visitors at Exit 4. The Exit 6 ramps have been closed.

I-190 north remained closed as of midday on Monday, with one southbound lane open. They reopened by 2 p.m.

The truck is believed to have crashed after altering lanes and hitting a automotive. The truck’s driver was pronounced useless on the scene; the automotive driver had minor accidents, police mentioned.

The crash stays underneath investigation.