Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage

One person had to be extricated from a vehicle that struck a garage after police responded to a call for a fire, but instead found the crash.

Bridgeport police and fire departments responded to what they thought was a fire only to find that a vehicle had plowed into a garage.
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Kathy Reakes

06/15/2020 9:45 a.m.

Bridgeport police and fire departments responded to the incident around 2:38 p.m., Sunday, June 14, on Hillhouse Ave., in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, the director of emergency communications.

Once on the scene, they found the vehicle had plowed into the garage instead of a fire, Appleby said.

No further information was available on injuries but AMR was on-scene as well, he added.

The crash is under investigation by police as well as the city's building department.

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