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Second helping of season's first snow hits Boston
One year ago | By Boston Herald
The season's first snowstorm delivered its second wallop Tuesday with flakes flying across the eastern part of the state with scores of schools closed and a spate of accidents on highways.
A jack-knifed truck on interstate 95 in Sharon blocked all lanes on the southbound side earlier this morning, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
A single car rollover on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham closed two lanes until it was cleared just before 9 a.m., according to MassDOT.
The transportation agency reports that as of 8 a.m. there were 2,795...
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