CHELMSFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - More than a thousand packages spilled onto Interstate 495 in Chelmsford late Wednesday night following a crash involving two tractor-trailers.
Troopers responding to the southbound side of the highway around 10:30 p.m. found a UPS truck with heavy damage to its trailer and packages on the roadway.
A second UPS truck from a nearby facility arrived on scene to reload the spilled parcels.
Troopers also responded to a second crash around the same time between a tractor-trailer and a personal vehicle on the same stretch of highway.
Three people involved in the separate crashes were transported to Lowell General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
All lanes on the highway reopened around 2 a.m.
The causes of the crashes remain under investigation.
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