WRENTHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Many shoppers who flocked to the Wrentham Outlets to score Black Friday deals found themselves sitting in hourslong traffic delays when they tried to leave to go home.
Motorists sounded their horns as their patience was stretched thin due to traffic that backed up for miles at the premium shopping center.
Dara Factor says she was stuck in gridlock traffic for more than five hours.
“People have to go home and take their medicine. I mean, it’s been five hours now. It’s ridiculous. A couple cars in front me have been here since 11:30 a.m.,” Factor told 7News in a phone interview.
Sky7 flew over the outlets early Friday and spotted jammed out parking lots.
“For me to get inside, it was like three hours. It took me forever just to get here,” one shopper said.
Some shoppers parked their cars on the side of the road and walked from a mile away in an effort to avoid the traffic.
“It was awful. It was annoying because everyone was cutting you off,” another shopper said.
Earlier in the week, officials asked the public to follow directions and be patient getting in and out of the facility. Increased barriers, officers, K-9s, and other safety precautions were put into place to prevent any sort of possible attacks.
“There is definitely a back up of traffic right now, but we handle the inside property and the Wrentham police handle all traffic. We have been getting more than normal inquires and calls asking if there has been an accident, but the traffic is normal for a Black Friday,” an outlet security member told 7News around 7 p.m.
The traffic has since cleared up.
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