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Enclosed roadways multiply the danger of vehicular impacts. Video captured by Massachusetts Department of Transportation surveillance systems inside Boston's Ted Williams Tunnel revealed a sudden, high-speed rollover collision. A vehicle traveling through the Interstate 90 subterranean connector lost control, clipped a retaining curb, and flipped onto its roof at highway velocity.
As the inverted roof slid hundreds of feet along the road surface, the compressed friction generated a prolonged shower of white sparks that bounced off the tunnel's tiled walls and exhaust fixtures. The subterranean geometry acted as an acoustic and visual amplifier, filling the underground tube with thick smoke and metallic screeching. Tunnel emergency ventilation systems engaged immediately to purge toxic particulate matter, while automated lane-control signals diverted following traffic away from the obstruction.