PEABODY, MASS. (WHDH) - Several vehicles were damaged by debris in the roadway in the O’Neill Tunnel in Boston on Friday and one of the motorists involved is telling 7NEWS about his experience.
David Tavares says he makes the ride through the tunnel every day.
“I came up on it pretty quickly, I couldn’t avoid it, and as soon as I hit it, the car came up in the air and shut off,” he said, adding that he later determined his smart car had hit what looked like a rudder from a boat.
His car, he said, is likely totaled.
“Now I start looking for another vehicle, I’m aggravated that there’s not cameras that saw something or that someone had reported it so that we could put in a claim — now we have to pay a deductible,” he said.
We’ve reached out to state police and the Department of Transportation for an update but haven’t heard back.
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