Someone died in a crash that happened in Haverhill Monday morning, authorities said. The crash happened in the Haverhill rest area on the north side of Interstate 495, the Massachusetts State Police Department said.

HAVERHILL, Mass. — One person is dead after a car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer and burst into flames at a rest stop on Interstate 495 early Monday morning, authorities said.

One person died early Monday in a crash at a rest stop along Interstate 495 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, officials said. Massachusetts State Police said a vehicle entered a rest area on the northbound side of the highway and struck the back of a tractor-trailer.