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IDs Released For School Bus, Tractor-Trailer Drivers Killed In I-84 Crash
A school bus driver has been identified as one of the two people killed during a fiery I-84 crash that also involved three tractor-trailers.
Verlean Douglas, 67, of South Windsor, was the driver of a First Student school bus that was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck in East Hartford, around 5 a.m., Monday, June 3, said the Connecticut State Police.
The driver of the tractor-trailer that hit the back of the school bus, Norman Blair Bliss, 52, of Etters, Pennsylvania, was also killed.
According to state police, two tractor-trailers and the school bus were stopped on I-84 westbound in th…
Two Dead In Fiery I-84 Crash Involving Three Tractor-Trailers, School Bus
A fiery four-vehicle crash on I-84 has left two people dead and the highway closed with miles-long back-ups.
The crash, between three tractor-trailers and an empty school bus in East Hartford, took place around 5:10 a.m., Monday, June 3, between exits 55 and 56, when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus, said Connecticut State Police Sgt. Dwight Washington during a press conference.
Following the crash, three vehicles were engulfed in flames, including two tractor-trailers and the school bus.
State police said two people were killed but did not say which vehicles they …
