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Traffic alert: Spinouts, crashes mount as conditions deteriorate

Windshield wiper blades are put up as cars at a Boston dealership are covered with light snow. Jonathan Wiggs / The Boston Globe

By Eric Levenson @ejleven

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The wet and snowy conditions from Friday morning’s snowstorm caused a number of spinouts, crashes, and traffic disruptions around the state.

The HOV lane on I-93 northbound into Boston is closed on Friday morning due to the snowstorm, Massachusetts Department of Transportation said. A total of 3,184 crews were out to chemically treat state roadways just after 10 a.m., DOT said.

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Speed on the Mass Pike is reduced to 40 miles per hour from New York border to Weston, state police said.

A truck fire closed two lanes on I-495 southbound in Andover near the intersection with I-93, DOT said. The scene has been cleared.

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