Recently, Kunal Motwane, 25, died after crashing into an unoccupied Weston, Massachusetts toll booth after being chased by police. In November of 2008, Jesus Munoz, 23, of Webster, Massachusetts was killed when his car went off the road and struck concrete barriers ahead of the Allston-Brighton Massachusetts tolls. In March 2007, a Fung Wah bus full of passengers became wedged atop a concrete barrier at the Weston, Massachusetts toll booths during the morning commute, after the driver realized he was in the wrong lane and tried to reverse course.
According to the Boston Herald, last weeks' chain-reaction crash that left beef strewn across the Massachusetts Turnpike, may signal that the state needs to replace its antiquated toll-taking system. Two tractor-trailers collided as they approached the Weston toll plaza, striking a Toyota whose passenger was paying a toll, and a third truck also was struck. Apparently, the accident is typical of collisions caused when drivers quickly switch toll lanes or abruptly reverse and try and dart into another lane, said Mary Connaughton, a Turnpike board member.
While toll booths are a hazard, two years ago, the Pike passed on a system that would replace tolls by capturing transponder information from a suspended bar. The reason, she said, was the cost was "prohibitive." According to Colin Durrant, a MassHighway spokesman, it was too early to say the toll plaza configuration was to blame for last week's crash.
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