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Speeding Driver Sends Truck Into River, Canton Police Say: 'Tragedy Averted' Speeding Driver Sends Truck Into River, Canton Police Say: 'Tragedy Averted'
Speeding Driver Sends Truck Into River, Canton Police Say: 'Tragedy Averted' A speeding Connecticut driver and their passenger narrowly avoided catastrophe over the weekend when the truck they were in crashed into a river, authorities said.  Canton Police Chief Christopher Arciero said the wreck happened just after midnight on Sunday, Dec. 29, after a speeding truck careened off Torrington Avenue and into the Farmington River. Both people inside were able to climb out of the crashed truck before authorities arrived.  Arciero noted that the outcome could have been much worse. "Tragedy averted, frankly," he told the Daily Voice. Late last night Fire &a…

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