JUNE 2, 2015
HARTFORD, CT
Traffic was at a standstill for as
much as 13 miles on Interstate 91 south Tuesday afternoon and evening
after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on the Rocky Hill/Cromwell line that
sent at least one person to the hospital.
Fuel
has spilled from the tractor-trailer in the crash, which happened just
before 2 p.m. near exit 23, causing lane closures. The tractor-trailer
swerved into the right breakdown lane, sideswiping an unoccupied parked
truck. The big rig kept going, slamming into a Dumorr Lift Rentals LLC
vehicle in the breakdown lane with a boom, state police said.
CMAC
Electric Company employee Jason J. Brown, 38, was repairing a
Department of Transportation traffic camera was thrown from the bucket
he was harnessed to and later transported to the hospital with
non-life-threatening injuries.
The
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the
crash due to a minor fuel leak, which they were able to contain and
clean up.
Traffic
got by in the left lane only and there were major traffic delays in the
area late into the evening ours. Traffic was backed up to Hartford.
Drivers either sought alternate routes or got stuck in the bumper to
bumper traffic.
State police are investigating the crash.