WBZ shows us a what a beached cement truck looks like after it rolled over around 5 a.m. on the ramp from the Tobin that leads to I-93 south and Storrow Drive. State Police held off recovery efforts so that other drivers could squeeze by in the one remaining lane. The ramp was due to be shut at 9 a.m. to let crews get the truck out of there.
A crash inside the Sumner Tunnel this morning caused backups past Day Square, while computer glitches have caused delays at Logan. Read more.
Acraftymitch captured the Tobin and Zakim bridges and downtown Boston from Malone Park in Chelsea this evening.
Copyright Acraftymitch. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Molly Lanza watched the sun go down behind the Custom House this evening. Read more.
Matt Frank looked skyward in a walk along Chelsea Creek at sunset. Read more.
Matt Frank captured the Tobin Bridge at sunset from Chelsea this evening. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to the Tobin Bridge around 11 p.m. on Monday for a fire in the shaft that used to carry toll takers up to and down from the bridge's toll booths from Terminal Street in Charlestown.
Some plastic about halfway between the ground and the lower deck caught on fire in the shaft, which is in the process of being demolished, the department reports. There were no injuries in the two-alarm fire, but outbound traffic was delayed.
Chris Devers watched the sunrise over the Tobin Bridge this morning - warning, of course, about the crummy weather coming this evening.
Ryan went for a walk this morning and captured Boston Harbor and the Tobin Bridge.
UPDATE: 9:07 p.m. Negotiators succeeded in talking him down and he's now in police custody.
The Tobin Bridge is shut to inbound traffic as Boston and State Police negotiators try to convince a man who climbed the girders up to the top to come down. Just in case, the Coast Guard and the Boston Fire Department have personnel stationed on and near the Mystic River.
Samantha Irene photographed the bridge without traffic.
Be Brilliant got a bird's-eye view of Boston Harbor, the Mystic River and the Tobin this morning.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports:
State Police investigating an abandoned motor vehicle on the Tobin Bridge at about 6:40 this morning observed the body of its apparent owner on a Charlestown street below the bridge. A death investigation is now under way by State Police detectives and other specialized units. The evidence does not currently suggest foul play.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports on an incident shortly before 7:30 p.m.:
State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA's office, along with uniformed troopers and specialized State Police units, are on the upper deck of the Tobin Bridge and on the street below in Charlestown for a death investigation involving an adult who left a motor vehicle and went over the rail. The preliminary evidence does not suggest foul play, but the investigation is still in its early stages.
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