BOSTON – The driver who died when his SUV caught fire destroyed through a barrier and plunged 40 feet onto a Boston road earlier this week, it has been identified.
Massachusetts State Police said 31-year-old Casey Brown of Plymouth was the only person in the Dodge Durango at the time of the horrific crash Wednesday morning.
Investigators said Brown was driving the SUV on the Massachusetts Avenue Connector on Interstate 93 when he sped through the intersection with Frontage Road around 9:40 a.m. The 2004 Durango crashed into a concrete barrier and through a fence. It caught fire and fell 40 feet before landing on Exit 16. Video of the crash was recorded on a nearby surveillance camera.
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Shortly after the crash, witness Michael Tobin told WBZ that the SUV “burst into flames” and “you could barely tell it was a car.” Brown died at the scene.
Several ramps to I-93 and the Mass Pike Exchange were closed for cleanup, road repairs and investigation. There were no other drivers on the exit ramp, which leads to Logan International Airport, when the burning Durango fell on it.
Michael Tobin
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and Massachusetts State Police are still investigating what caused the crash. No one else was injured.
