Police said the driver who died is a minor, and the driver of the other car was taken to a hospital in Boston with minor injuries.
Revere, MA - October 25, 2026
A young driver died early Sunday after a head-on wrong-way crash on Route 1 in Revere, Massachusetts, according to CBS News. Massachusetts State Police said the wrong-way vehicle struck another car, and the driver of that car suffered minor injuries.
Key Facts
- Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026, shortly before 3:30 a.m.
- Location: Route 1 in Revere, Massachusetts, just south of Sargent Street
- Type of crash: Head-on, wrong-way crash
- Vehicles involved: Two cars
- Injuries / fatalities: One driver died; the other driver had minor injuries
- Responding agencies: Massachusetts State Police and a fire department
- Reported by: CBS News (CBS Boston)
Crash Overview
Massachusetts State Police received several 911 calls shortly before 3:30 a.m. about a vehicle traveling the wrong way, heading south in the northbound lanes of Route 1 near Saugus and Revere.
Before troopers reached the area, the vehicle collided head-on with another car just south of Sargent Street. When officers arrived, the wrong-way vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. Police and firefighters tried to rescue the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the second vehicle was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Boston. CBS News reported that this crash is the latest in a series of wrong-way crashes on this stretch of road in recent months. It cited a state trooper killed in May while trying to stop a wrong-way driver in Lynnfield, and a wrong-way driver charged less than a month later after a crash in Peabody.
People Involved
- Wrong-way driver: A minor, according to state police. The driver died at the scene. State police said the person will not be identified at this time.
- Driver of the second vehicle: Suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital in Boston.