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DA Names Driver Killed in Fiery Wrong-Way Head‑On on I‑495 in Methuen

Prosecutors identified the motorist as 39-year-old Kenneth Landry of Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Overview

  • Authorities say an Alfa Romeo traveling north in the southbound lanes struck a tractor-trailer just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday near the Route 213 exit.
  • Witness video and accounts describe both vehicles ablaze, with the tractor-trailer reported fully engulfed.
  • The Essex County District Attorney’s office says Landry was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • The district attorney’s office reports the truck driver was uninjured, contrasting with earlier official reports of a second driver hospitalized with serious injuries.
  • Massachusetts State Police and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating the cause of the crash.