A semi truck hauling cars stopped traffic on Monday morning, after its trailer brakes caught fire.
It happened on Route 2 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. According to firefighter Scott LaPrade, the fire started when the semi truck’s brakes overheated, setting one of the hauled cars ablaze. Sentinel & Enterprise reported that several of the hauled cars were damaged as the fire spread. Smoke clouded the sky and traffic was slowed as a result.
LaPrade commented that when he and his crew were working to extinguish the inferno, he heard a loud “boom.” Then he noticed that a large truck had crashed into an SUV’s rear. The collision sent the four people from the SUV to a hospital.
Their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening. There were no injuries reported from the initial semi truck fire.
This is a developing story. The crash remains under investigation.
