Driver killed in horrific SUV crash in Boston identified

BOSTON – The driver who was killed when his burning SUV smash broke through a barrier and fell 12 meters onto a street in Boston.

Massachusetts State Police said 31-year-old Casey Brown of Plymouth was the only person in the Dodge Durango at the time of the horrific crash Wednesday morning.

Investigators said Brown was driving the SUV on the Massachusetts Avenue Connector across Interstate 93 as it passed the intersection with Frontage Road around 9:40 a.m. The 2004 Durango crashed into a concrete barrier and through a chain-link fence. It caught fire and plunged 40 feet before landing on the exit ramp at Exit 16. A nearby surveillance camera captured the crash on video.

Shortly after the accident, witness Michael Tobin told WBZ that the SUV was “in flames” and “you could hardly tell it was a car.” Brown died at the scene of the accident.

Several ramps to I-93 and the Mass Pike intersection were closed for cleanup, road repairs and investigation. No other drivers were present when the burning Durango fell onto the Logan International Airport exit ramp.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police are still investigating the cause of the accident. No one else was injured.