I-93 south in Charlestown reopened after crash

By Globe Staff

Southbound Interstate 93 has reopened after being closed for more than 90 minutes when a garbage truck overturned near the ramp to the Leverett Connector. Traffic remains heavy, and residual delays are expected to persist, although the garbage truck has been righted and removed from the roadway.

It does not appear that anyone was serious injured, and there was no damage to the interstate, officials said. It took crews some time to right the truck because it tipped on the lower deck of the expressway.

After the crash at 1:50 p.m., vehicles had been detoured onto the HOV lane until a second crash brought traffic to a standstill. Officials sent emergency vehicles and tow trucks north on the southbound lanes. Delays spilled onto Rutherford Avenue, the Tobin Bridge, and other roadways.

At about 2 p.m., there was not a single vehicle on the southbound lane of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, which is just past the site of the crash. An oversize tow truck could be seen on the Charlestown side of the bridge, driving north in the southbound lanes, toward the accident.

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