Crime & Safety

2 Injured in I-84 Crash in Southington

A trailer detached from a dump truck, flipped over and dumped a piece of construction equipment onto the highway.

Two people were hospitalized Thursday morning after a freak truck crash on I-84 eastbound near Exit 28 in Southington.

The victims were injured when a trailer carrying a Bobcat construction vehicle, detached from the dump truck hauling it, causing the trailer to flip over and the Bobcat to hit at least one car around 6:30 a.m., according to myrecordjournal.com.

State police are investigating.

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