Storrow Drive

Chris W. reports Storrow inbound is shut past the Doubletree, thanks to a tractor trailer whose driver seems to have lost the ability to read.

UPDATE, 3:50 a.m.: NEFirebuff reports another truck managed to get itself stuck at the BU Bridge eastbound.

If students in UHauls can learn to stay off Storrow Drive (well, for the most part), how are we to explain professional drivers with commercial driver's licenses? Such as whoever was behind the wheel of this big rig, which Andrew photographed around 9:50 a.m. stopped just short of the BU Bridge train tracks.

As of 10 a.m., at any rate. New England Roadways reports it will be keeping a close eye on the bridges and will alert us should anybody win the Storrow Pool; remains confident that metal will hit concrete at some point:

It's just a matter of time.

Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to extract two men from a burning, crushed Infiniti on Storrow Drive eastbound at the exit to Kenmore Square around 4:20 a.m., the Boston Fire Department reports:

The vehicle burst into flames. The impact of the crash trapped the two occupants.

Both men suffered burns and multiple injuries, but were conscious when extracted, the department says, adding at one point, firefighters had four separate Jaws of Life running to get them out. Both were taken to local hospitals, where their condition has stabilized, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

The DA's office reports the driver, 27, is from North Andover, as is the other occupant, his brother, 29. State Police, who were first on scene but who were unable to get the men out, are investigating the cause of the crash.

This is the second bad accident at that same basic location this month. On Aug. 9, a Needham man died when the SUV he was in on the westbound side crashed and he was ejected. The driver, also ejected, survived.