Traffic & Transit
Tractor-Trailer Winds Up In Waterfall In Stafford Crash: State Police
A truck whacked a mailbox and a pole before ending up in a waterfall in Stafford, state police said.
STAFFORD, CT — A tractor-trailer wiped out a mailbox and then hit a utility pole on Route 190 in Stafford last week before crashing into a waterfall, state police said.
The crash took place at 2:15 a.m., according to a crash report.
State police said the truck, registered out of Florida, was headed east on Route 190, just east of the Old Springfield Road intersection. For an unknown reason, the driver, a 53-year-old Burlington, VT, man, lost control of the truck and it veered off the road, according to a crash report.
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It hit a mailbox, then a utility pole owned by Frontier, according to a crash report. The pole snapped in two, according to a crash report. The truck came to a final rest in the basin of a waterfall, according to a crash report.
The driver was not injured, according to a crash report.
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