One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash that shut down a portion of Route 3 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on Monday morning.
Duxbury fire said in a social media post around 5:40 a.m. that they were working an accident on Route 3 south in the area of the Franklin Street overpass. They said the highway was shut down at Exit 27 "until further notice." Mororists are being asked to avoid the area.
In an update shortly after 7 a.m., they said Route 3 south remained closed, calling the accident "serious."
All lanes reopened shortly before 9 a.m., according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Duxbury fire officials said in a release that they responded to a 911 call reporting a crash on Route 3 south around 4:52 a.m. They arrived at the scene to find a heavily damaged vehicle that had struck a guardrail.
The driver was ejected from the vehicle and did not survive, fire officials said. No passengers or other vehicles were involved.
Massachusetts State Police are investigating the crash.
