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Driver Dies After Tractor-Trailer Falls, Lands At I-684 Interchange Driver Dies After Tractor-Trailer Falls, Lands At I-684 Interchange
Driver Dies After Tractor-Trailer Falls, Lands At I-684 Interchange This story has been updated. One person was killed after a tractor-trailer flipped over a guardrail on an exit ramp and landed on I-287 in Westchester County. The accident happened on Wednesday, Jan. 18 around 10:20 a.m. when a tractor-trailer lost control while traveling on the Exit 9A ramp from I-287 to I-684 north in Harrison, fell from the roadway, and landed on the I-287 westbound lanes, according to state police.  The driver of the tractor-trailer was killed as a result of the crash, and an occupant of a vehicle that was on I-287 when the tractor-trailer fell was hospitaliz…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Truck Crashes Into Restaurant In CT Truck Crashes Into Restaurant In CT
Truck Crashes Into Restaurant In CT A tractor-trailer crashed into a Connecticut restaurant after running off the roadway on Route 2. The crash took place in New London County in Stonington around 7:50 a.m., Thursday, July 14. According to the Connecticut state police, the tractor-trailer, driven by David Walsh, of Middlesex County in Cromwell, was traveling east on Route 2 when it ran off the road, drove through oncoming traffic, and hit Buon Appetito Ristorante & Pizzeria on the Norwich-Westerly Road. Due to the collision, the building sustained structural damage.  Walsh was transported to Backus Hospital for eva…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
49-Year-Old CT Man Killed In I-95 Crash 49-Year-Old CT Man Killed In I-95 Crash
49-Year-Old CT Man Killed In I-95 Crash Connecticut State Police are investigating a crash that resulted in the death of a 49-year-old man. It happened just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, May 30 in New Haven County on southbound I-95 near Exit 60 in Madison. A 2003 Subaru Forester operated by New London County resident Aymeric Duprelatour, of Niantic, was traveling in the left lane, state police said. Due to a road closure ahead, the driver of a tractor-trailer slowed the vehicle and came to a stop in the right lane, with traffic ahead, according to state police.  For an unknown reason, the Subaru swerved from the left …

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by Joe Lombardi
Traffic
Road Closed For Hours After Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On CT Roadway Road Closed For Hours After Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On CT Roadway
Road Closed For Hours After Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On CT Roadway A driver was able to walk away from his truck safely, though a roadway was closed for hours in Connecticut after he lost control of a tractor-trailer that crashed and rolled over, officials said. In New Haven County, first responders were dispatched to a stretch of Monowese Avenue near exit 9 in North Haven shortly before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, where there was a report of a crash involving a truck that rolled over, blocking the road. According to fire officials, the trailer was carrying non-hazardous contents, though the diesel tanks on the truck ruptured and spilled onto the roadwa…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
ID Released For Teen Killed In I-95 Crash In Norwalk ID Released For Teen Killed In I-95 Crash In Norwalk
ID Released For Teen Killed In I-95 Crash In Norwalk State Police have identified a teen who was killed after the vehicle he was a passenger in rear-ended a tractor-trailer on I-95 in Fairfield County. Gerson Sebastian Urgilies, 18, of Corona, in Queens, was killed Wednesday, Nov. 11, around 9:30 p.m., near Exit 13 The crash happened just before 9:30 p.m. on southbound I-95, near Exit 13, near Norwalk, said the Connecticut State Police. According to the accident report, the tractor-trailer truck was traveling southbound in the center lane when a 2012 Toyota Scion, driven by a 24-year-old New York man, slammed into the rear of the truck.…

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by Kathy Reakes