One person is dead following a crash near the Sumner Tunnel in Boston early Friday morning. Troopers with Massachusetts State Police responded to a serious crash where the Sumner meets I-93 North near Government Center around 3:30 a.m. The driver, a man in his 70s, became trapped and had to be extracted from his car by first responders.

According to Massachusetts State Police, the car caught fire just after 7 a.m. on the westbound side of the Pike beyond the Prudential Tunnel. Making matters worse, several cars also hit debris on the road in that area. The westbound side of the Pike was shut down and traffic has backed up all the way to Logan Airport.