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« Thunderbirds announce their arrival / Photo | Today | Seekonk voters deciding on tax-limit override » June 19, 2006Scituate roads reopened after five-hour closureSCITUATE – An 18-wheeler that swerved around a van stopped on Route 101 eastbound this morning tipped over, lost its cargo – a 40,000-pound, 50-foot concrete beam – and required the State Police to close several Scituate roadways for about five hours. The roads opened shortly before 2 p.m. today, said State Police Lt. Steven Lefebvre, who worked the scene all day as crews righted and towed the tractor trailer and lifted the concrete beam onto another flatbed with airbags and a large wrecker. The concrete beam was bound for a parking garage at Boston’s Logan Airport. No one was injured, Lefebvre said. The truck driver, Ivoryton, Conn., resident Charles Bohannon of Tony’s Longwharf Transportation of New Haven, refused medical treatment, Lefebvre said. The police do not know why the van was stopped in the roadway. The van left the scene of the accident, Lefebvre said. The accident occurred at 8:15 a.m. on Route 101 just east of where the Route 6 bypass merges with 101. The police had to close the Route 6 bypass from Route 102 to Route 101 and they closed Route 101 between Gleaner Chapel Road and Route 116, Lefebvre said. Lefebvre said he didn’t believe the road closures caused much of a traffic problem. Most of the vehicles on the road at that time of day are commercial, he said, and the police directed traffic onto other roads around the problem area. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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