Traffic & Transit
Route 128 Traffic: Major Delays North, South After Crash
The rush-hour commute home is worse than usual, and getting out of the North Shore is even worse.

PEABODY, MA — A multi-vehicle crash first reported by WBZ has lanes closed on both sides of Route 128 during the rush-hour commute home. The southbound traffic is at a standstill from almost the Northshore Mall back into Beverly. The northbound side is awfully slow from I-95 to about Endicott Street.
Here is the Google traffic map as of 5 p.m.:

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