Live wires were strewn across the highway following the early morning crash, forcing the shutdown of traffic in both directions for much of the day.

Traffic backed up for miles after a charter bus transporting workers to Logan Airport toppled multiple utility poles, closing both sides of Route 1A in East Boston on Monday morning.Video from the scene showed a crashed Academy bus with a shattered windshield stopped on the southbound side of 1A at 175 William F.