Highway sign falls onto I-93 in Somerville, hits driver
SOMERVILLE - A highway sign fell onto I-93 North in Somerville on Friday morning, striking a driver, Massachusetts State Police said.
The 2015 Honda CRV driver, a 25-year-old woman from Quincy, was not injured by the green MassDOT highway sign that fell near Sullivan Square.
MassDOT said an investigation is underway to figure out why a portion of the sign fell.
Travel was restricted in the right two lanes on I-93 North so crews could safely remove the sign with a crane.
"The investigation into the root cause of the incident is ongoing, which includes an evaluation by materials and testing lab," a spokesperson for MassDOT said.
In August, a large highway sign came crashing down on I-190 in Worcester, but luckily no one was hurt. MassDOT determined that anchor bolts holding the sign failed.
In that case, MassDOT said it inspected dozens of sign structures on the I-190 corridor and moved up a plan to replace them.