Massachusetts State Police: One dead, two seriously injured in Sumner Tunnel crash

Police are investigating after a serious crash that has killed one person and seriously injured two others.

According to Massachusetts State Police, at approximately 3:20 a.m., Troopers from the State Police-Tunnels Barracks responded to a single-vehicle crash in the Sumner Tunnel on the ramp to Storrow Drive Boston. When the Troopers arrived on scene they discovered three occupants in the vehicle, each with serious injuries.

The 24-year-old operator, a man from Northampton, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The passengers, an 18-year-old woman and 22-year-old man, were transported by ambulance to a Mass General Hospital with serious injuries. The ramp was closed during investigation and clean-up of the vehicle.

The facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by Troop H of the Massachusetts State Police, with assistance from the State Police Crime Scene Services Section and Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. Troopers were also assisted on scene by the Medical Examiner’s Office, Boston EMS, and Mass DOT.