A person is seriously injured after the vehicle they were operating crashed into a pole on Burgin Parkway in Quincy, Massachusetts, forcing part of the roadway to be closed for several hours Monday night in both directions.
Quincy police put the traffic alert out on social media just before 5 p.m. and said the parkway would be closed from Dimmock Street to Adams street while a crash reconstruction unit investigates.
Commuters in the area were urged to seek an alternate route during the evening commute, police said. The parkway reopened around 8:45 p.m.
The person who was driving the vehicle was taken to Boston Medical Center with serious injuries, police said.
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Aerial footage appears to show a moped near a pole, with several police officers nearby. Police haven't shared information about what's believed to have happened in the crash.
No further information was immediately available.