Extrication Needed After 2 Trucks Crash In Westport: Fire Department

WESTPORT, CT — A person had to be extricated from a vehicle early Thursday, when two trucks crashed on Roseville Road in Westport, according to authorities.

The crash occurred at about 6:15 a.m., and three of five people who were in the two vehicles were taken to an area hospital for treatment.

Westport Assistant Fire Chief Brian Meadows said that when firefighters arrived at the scene, they found a utility truck with heavy front-end damage and another truck rolled over on its side.

The trapped person was in the utility truck.

"Firefighters stabilized the vehicle in place and used battery-operated rescue tools to extricate the trapped occupant in under 10 minutes," Meadows wrote in a statement.

Diesel fuel leaked from the vehicles, which was cleaned up under the supervision of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Roseville Road was closed for several hours while the incident was being investigated and the road was being cleaned, but it has since been reopened for traffic.