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Pinned Under Tractor-Trailer: Man Dead After Crash On I-84, CT State Police Say Pinned Under Tractor-Trailer: Man Dead After Crash On I-84, CT State Police Say
Pinned Under Tractor-Trailer: Man Dead After Crash On I-84, CT State Police Say Police are looking for witnesses after a man was pinned under a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 in Connecticut and killed.  The accident happened on Monday, Jan. 23 around 1:20 p.m. just before Exit 69 on I-84 eastbound in Tolland, according to state police.  According to authorities, a Mercedes sedan driven by the man who was killed had been traveling in front of a tractor-trailer in the right lane when it lost control in the snowy conditions. The tractor-trailer then struck the sedan on the driver's side, after which it became pinned under the larger vehicle.  The driver …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Rollover Crashes In Easton, I-84 Among Several On Fairfield County Roadways Rollover Crashes In Easton, I-84 Among Several On Fairfield County Roadways
Rollover Crashes In Easton, I-84 Among Several On Fairfield County Roadways Snowy conditions during the morning Monday caused several crashes throughout Fairfield County as police cautioned motorists to stay off the roads until conditions approved. As of 11 a.m. Morehouse Road in Easton, between Banks and Beers roads, is closed due to an overturned truck, said Easton Police.  Fairfield police and emergency responders said there was a crash earlier on Wilson Street from "very" slippery road that sent one driver to the hospital with injuries. Norwalk police reported slick roadways along with Connecticut State Police who responded to a rollover crash in Dan…

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by Kathy Reakes