Warnings issues to avoid truck-bridge accidents in college move-ins

Sept. 1 is traditionally the busiest moving day of the year in Boston, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the State Police are reminding college students and their parents not to drive overheight moving trucks on Storrow Drive, Memorial Drive, and Soldiers Field Road. The roads, which hug the Charles River, have numerous low bridges and traffic is subject to vehicle height restrictions. Despite the restrictions and posted signs, there have been at least 25 recorded height res

Sept. 1 is traditionally the busiest moving day of the year in Boston, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the State Police are reminding college students and their parents not to drive overheight moving trucks on Storrow Drive, Memorial Drive, and Soldiers Field Road. The roads, which hug the Charles River, have numerous low bridges and traffic is subject to vehicle height restrictions. Despite the restrictions and posted signs, there have been at least 25 recorded height res…