1 Injured In Tractor Trailer Vs. Pickup Crash On I-95 In Fairfield: FD

FAIRFIELD, CT — One person suffered serious injuries Thursday afternoon in a crash involving a tractor trailer truck and a pickup truck on I-95 southbound between exits 19 and 18 in Fairfield, according to fire officials.

Both vehicles drove off the thruway and down an embankment just south of exit 19, with the pickup truck ending up on its roof with the tractor trailer truck on top of it.

"An ambulance from American Medical Response arrived on scene first and found both the patient from a pickup truck, and the driver from the tractor trailer, out of the vehicle," Fairfield fire officials wrote on Facebook. "The patient reported major injuries and was transported to a local hospital."

To get the patient up from the 50-foot embankment, firefighters had to use a "stokes basket and rope system," according to Westport fire officials. Because of where the crash occurred between exits 19 and 18, both Fairfield and Westport firefighters responded to the scene.

Recovery vehicles from Bud’s Truck and Diesel Service are working in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to secure any combustible liquid storage, and guard rail restoration is being conducted by state Department of Transportation, according to Fairfield fire officials.

The accident is under investigation by Connecticut State Police.