Traffic & Transit
1 Injured When Snowplow Smashes Into 2 Houses, 2 Vehicles In Fairfield: Police
The three-vehicle crash occurred on Sunday.
FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield police are investigating after an out-of-control private snowplow truck smashed into a porch on one house, and two vehicles and a garage in another house on Sunday on Glen Ridge Road and Tahmore Drive.
The snowplow driver was transported to St. Vincent’s Medical Center for evaluation and treatment following the 7:15 a.m. crash, and no other injuries were reported.
"The snowplow struck a residential front walkway and a residential porch on Glen Ridge Road," wrote Fairfield Police Capt. Antonio Granata in an email to Patch. "The vehicle then crossed Tahmore Drive into a driveway on Tahmore Drive. In the driveway, the snowplow struck an unoccupied parked vehicle, which was pushed into a closed garage door and subsequently into another unoccupied vehicle inside the garage."
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One of the vehicles ended up wedged underneath the other inside the garage, News 12 Connecticut reported.
"The Fairfield Police Crash Reconstruction Unit is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident," Granata said. "The investigation remains ongoing."
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