Traffic & Transit
Truck Takes Out Fire Hydrant In Stafford
A fire hydrant was wrecked by a truck's trailer in Stafford, state police said.
STAFFORD, CT — A tractor-trailer ran over a fire hydrant in Stafford.
State police released the details of the Dec. 23 incident this week.
According to a crash report, at 12:23 p.m. that day, a tractor-trailer registered out of Tennessee and being driven by a 49-year-old Pennsylvania man was headed west on High Street. The truck began turning left onto Fiske Avenue, but a driver's side rear tire on the its trailer hit a hydrant on the corner, according to a crash report.
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The hydrant broke off at its base, state police said.
The driver was issued an infraction ticket for a lane violation.
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