Crime & Safety

Serious 495 Northbound Accident in Lowell Backing Up Traffic

If you're coming home on 495 Northbound, you probably are going to be sitting in some traffic.


By Andy Sylvia

Patch has been informed that a serious traffic accident in Lowell near the Tewksbury line has backed traffic up on 495 Northbound into Chelmsford back to Exit 32 in Westford.

According to the Massachusetts State Police Twitter feed, the accident was caused by a tractor trailer rolling over earlier this afternoon.

Traffic was still nearly halted as of approximately 5 p.m.


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