State Police Search for Carjacking Suspects near MassPike

Today at 5:07 PM Troopers assigned to the State Police Barracks in the Ted Williams Tunnel on the MassPike were alerted by a toll collector working at Interchange 19 westbound, the Allston-Brighton tollbooth, of a carjacking that had just occurred and from which two suspects fled.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Kevin Sweeney indicated that a 2007 black Nissan Maxima occupied by two males was stopped in a line of vehicles at the tollbooth when two suspects jumped into the backseat of their vehicle and displayed a handgun. As the Maxima proceeded through the tollbooth, the victim passenger alerted the toll collector that they were being carjacked and to call the police. The Maxima then traveled a short distance, sideswiped another vehicle and stopped. During this time, the victim passenger was pistol-whipped by one of the suspects. After the crash, the suspects fled on foot west toward a railroad depot. State Police immediately began a search for the suspects, who were described as African-American males, one wearing a white shirt and the other wearing a black shirt. The victim passenger sustained minor injuries and was not hospitalized.

In the course of the search, some delays were experienced on MBTA train lines. Areas surrounding the railroad depot and railroad tracks in Cambridge were the focus of the search.

This incident remains under investigation by State Police Troopers assigned to Troop E. The State Police Airwing, K-9 Unit and Marine Unit assisted in the search, along with Boston, Cambridge, MIT, Boston University and MBTA Police.

If anyone has information, they are asked to contact the State Police at (617)946-3000.

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