One killed in fiery wrong-way crash on I-495 in Methuen; 2nd driver injured

One driver was killed and another was seriously injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 495 in Methuen, Massachusetts, overnight.

State troopers responded around 1:30 a.m. Sunday to I-495 south, north of Route 213, for a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer, police say.

One vehicle was reported as driving the wrong way when it slammed into a tractor-trailer head on and then caught fire.

One of the operators died, police said. Another was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Additional information hasn’t been released, including who died, and why a car was traveling the wrong direction on the highway.

An investigation is ongoing.

Kaitlin McKinley Becker

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