Crime & Safety
Tractor-Trailer Strikes CT State Police Cruiser On I-84, Trooper Injured
State police said the trooper was protecting an accident scene on Interstate 84 in Danbury when the tractor-trailer struck her cruiser.
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DANBURY, CT — A Connecticut state trooper was injured Friday night when a tractor-trailer struck her cruiser while she protecting the scene of another crash on Interstate 84.
According to state police, the crash occurred shortly after 9 p.m. near Exit 8 on westbound I-84. Police said a 31-year-old man from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, was driving a tractor-trailer when he lost control of the truck and crashed into a median guardrail.
Police said the tractor-trailer then struck the trooper's cruiser, which was parked on the shoulder, before it jackknifed and struck a GMC Acadia traveling in the left lane.
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The trooper was inside the vehicle at the time of the crash, police said. She was taken to Danbury Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
A passenger in the GMC, identified as a 22-year-old New Milford woman, also suffered minor injuries, according to police. The driver and a second passenger were uninjured.
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The driver of the tractor-trailer was cited for failure to maintain lane and driving too fast for conditions.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection also responded to the crash to deal with a fuel leak. The highway was closed for approximately three hours.
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