METHUEN – Two people have died in a wrong-way crash on I-93 south of Massachusetts Memorial Day weekend.
The accident happened Monday morning around 2 a.m. in Methuen. Massachusetts State Police said a 2020 Toyota RAV4 driven by a 53-year-old Quincy resident was traveling the wrong way.
The wrong-way driver crashed into two cars
The RAV4 struck a 2021 Toyota Camry head-on, killing that car’s 21-year-old driver, who was also from Quincy. He then hit a third car, but the driver of that car was not injured.
The RAV4 driver was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Crash forced all three lanes of 93 South to close for approximately three hours while police investigated. Neither the name of the wrong-way driver nor the 21-year-old who was killed have been released.
Police say the accident is still under investigation.
Wrong-way accidents in Massachusetts
Wrong-way accidents cause 400 to 500 deaths every year throughout the United States.
In 2022 MassDOT started testing Wrong-way driver detection systems on Massachusetts highways as part of a $2.6 million pilot program at 16 ramps across the state. According to AAA Northeast, there have been more than 9,000 wrong-way driving accidents in Massachusetts since 2010.
