Friday, July 3, 2015

Huge accident on Route 93 South between Route 16 Exit and Somerville Assembly Sq. exit, 1/4 mile past Century Bank

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375,980 @9:25 pm
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 As it is a holiday weekend, I brought mail into Boston to get it on the trucks before the last call.   I was on Route 93 South at about 7:45 pm.

Upon the return from Boston, at 8:15 PM, there was a traffic jam extending to Exit 31, the Route 16/now closed Medford Square exit ramp.
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As I drove by on 93 North the black SUV looked like a small car, it was - according to a source who was on the scene - a black SUV with four or five passengers.   There are two sources for this story who were on the scene.

The white car was crushed as well, the windshield popped out, the distraught woman couldn't find her cellphone, but she was ok according to our sources.

We don't know the status of the 4-5 people in the SUV other than that they had to use the JAWS OF LIFE to get the victims out of that vehicle.  The source said "it is no longer an s.u.v."


These photos are after-the-fact, taken at the times noted below.


Route 93 crash updates on this site:
http://www.navbug.com/i-93_road_conditions.htm 

Sixth item on Google at 10:15 PM
Medford Information Central article
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=route+93+accident+july+3

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We have exclusive photos  - click on first photo for slide show of clean-up event unfolding


Eight Twenty-Three PM  
Ambulance and Tow on
Mystic Ave





Jaws  of life.  4 or 5 people in black SUV crushed like an accordion.


White car 1 woman.  Windshield popped out

8:23 pm





8:27 PM   



Traffic jam on 93,  Tow truck pulls white car from traffic and heads up to Assembly exit, turns around and drives by Mystic Ave heading toward Medford Sq.  Motorcyclist speaks to me, three others speak to me regarding the event.


8:28 pm
White Car being towed by flatbed. Enlarge for clarity





8:28 photo with traffic about to resume







 

Traffic resumed. 8 :29 pm

Ambulance and siren 8:39 pm behind   Century bank
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Photo 1



CHANNEL 5 was on the scene; the Channel 5 reporter was editing the story at 9:04 PM

He has video footage from atop the truck at the
scene of the accident, as well as the flatbed which drove the white truck on Mystic Ave as he was editing the piece.  It might be on the 11 PM news tonight.

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 Channel 5 at Sheriff's Office / Century Bank parking lot



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Century Bank  now  "TURY" Bank!
times must be tough in McGlynn-Land for the old CENTury bank.





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Aftermath
Tow truck 9:05 pm after dropping off car