Massachusetts

Saturday snow causing crashes across Mass.; police warn drivers to be careful

There were crashes on the Mass. Turnpike in Westborough, Route 2 in Gardner and Westminster and Route 146 in Millbury, police said

A crashed tractor-trailer truck in Auburn, Massachusetts, on Saturday, April 12, 2025.
Auburn Police Department

A crashed tractor-trailer truck in Auburn, Massachusetts, on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Massachusetts State Police are urging drivers to take it easy on the roads Saturday morning as a springtime storm brings as much as eight inches of snow to parts of the state.

There were no major injuries or deaths reported as of about 8 a.m. Saturday morning, according to police, who said they had already responded to several disabled vehicles that required road closures.

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That included the Massachusetts Turnpike in Westborough, Route 2 east in Gardner, Route 2 west in Westminster and Route 146 south in Millbury.

The closures were to let crews safely clear scenes.

Auburn police reported a jackknifed truck and the closure of Route 20 at Mid State Auto among the accidents in town.

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