Truck and tractor trailer collide on I-495 southbound, Littleton MA

Traffic

Reported: 10/30/2025 07:04 AM

I-495, Littleton, MA

A truck and a tractor trailer collided on I-495 southbound near Exit 78A. Three people in the vehicle reported injuries. The tractor trailer is leaking fuel but had no reported injuries.

Audio|Source: Littleton Fire

02:44

Transcript:

00:00

Littleton Fire Alarm with a motor vehicle accident 495 southbound, the vicinity of Exit 78A, truck versus tractor trailer, with injuries.

00:08

Littleton Fire Alarm,

00:11

Motor Vehicle Accident of 495 Southbound, the vicinity of Exit 78A for a tractor trailer versus the motor vehicle with injuries.

00:24

All right, well, our engine four is on the way.

00:26

Can you also start westward?

00:29

Engine four in route will notify westward. Penal plug.

00:38

Well, I'm engine four.

00:40

Westridge the route. Sounds like it's 495 south just prior to Route 2.

00:43

We get a conflict of reports on your duties, but it sounds like it's a truck and then you can't even.

00:50

Aging to 4AWitt.

00:58

Firearmac-2.

01:00

Middick-2.

01:02

10.8th, Emerson.

01:06

Dr. Emerson at Tele7.

01:14

Littleton Fire alarm, Westerman, Respondekone, Respond, Respond, responding to 495 cells.

01:20

Quest for the Medical and Responding, 1008.

01:24

Parloram, 2, engine 4.

01:27

Slide.

01:29

Update from police on scene.

01:31

The vehicle has three people complaining of injuries, one back pain, one hand pain, one chest pain.

01:39

Okay,

01:41

I want to go out and start the box for the and answer for it.

01:45

Parlam has an answer to stop off the question.

01:52

Firewarm 2 engine 4.

01:57

Got it.

02:00

Use the breakdown link, please, and then pull up to the cruiser.

02:06

Okay, is it in the BDS?

02:10

I don't have that information, sir, so they just said to come down the breakdown link.

02:16

Okay, sorry-go, thank you.

02:23

Fire alarm calling Littleton Engine 4. Got it.

02:31

Another update is that the tractor trailer is leaking fuel no injuries in the truck trailer.

02:38

Okay. You can show us going out. Engine 4 is going on.

02:43

Engine 4, you'll hug command at 1012.

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