A black BMW slammed into an Acura Integra on Route 3 North. An orange Honda Fit was also badly damaged in the crash. Massachusetts uses lights and cameras to alert wrong-way drivers. The grass median on a divided highway is supposed to be a buffer zone, not a launchpad. A Massachusetts driver is lucky to be alive after a head-on crash on Route 3 North this week, caused by another motorist who crossed onto the wrong side of the road. It is the latest in a string of incidents that may end up forcing the state’s hand on legislation. Wednesday’s collision was captured on dashcam by one of the cars caught in it. The footage shows what appears to be a black BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, or possibly an i4, drifting off the road and then accelerating across the wide grass median that separates the two directions of traffic. It clips inches from a silver SUV before plowing head-on into the camera car. Read: Two Killed After Wrong-Way BMW Driver Crashes Into Cybertruck The man behind the wheel of the camera car was driving home from work, according to his father, and had only owned the vehicle since October. Local authorities transported one person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Aerial footage from WCVB identified the struck vehicle as an Acura Integra. An orange Honda Fit and a black sedan were also caught up in the BMW’s path. State Steps In This crash follows the death of Massachusetts State Police trooper Kevin Trainor, killed by a wrong-way driver on Route 1 just weeks earlier. Trainor’s death pushed State Senator Bruce Tarr to sponsor an amendment expanding the state’s wrong-way driving prevention program. Since 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has been operating solar-powered flashing lights and cameras to alert drivers when they enter an exit ramp in the wrong direction. According to NBC Boston, there were 338 wrong-way crashes on divided highways across Massachusetts between 2020 and 2025, causing 42 deaths. Credit: WCVB Channel5 Boston/YouTube
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