Driver rescued after tractor-trailer plunged into river
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The driver, who police said could not swim, was standing on the truck when first responders arrived.
A tractor-trailer carrying US mail plunged into the Charles River in Weston on Saturday morning.
WESTON, Mass. (AP) — A tractor-trailer veered off the road and plunged into a river Saturday, state police said.
The truck descended a long embankment near an exit from Interstate 95 to the Massachusetts Turnpike around noon and ended up in the Charles River.
The driver, who police said could not swim, was standing on the truck when first responders arrived.
Firefighters from the Weston Fire Department got the driver to safety and he was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston by a unit from the Newton Fire Department.
Authorities said the driver was conscious and alert and appeared to have no injuries.
State police told the Boston Herald that the truck was carrying mail, but it was unclear whether it was an official U.S. Postal Service truck or one operated by a contractor.
The Newton Fire Department advised drivers to avoid the area as the State Police Dive Team was assisting in pulling the truck from the river.
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