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State police issue safety warning after ‘chilling’ crash
The New Haven Register ^ | April 27, 2018 | Tara O'Neill

Posted on 05/04/2018 8:14:57 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

After a crash that state police called chilling, the agency has issued a reminder about highway safety.

Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, state police Troop G in Bridgeport and West Haven fire units and emergency medical services responded to a crash on Interstate 95 northbound near exit 43 in West Haven.

The call reported a crash involving two tractor trailers. But when troopers arrived at the scene, they found a more serious crash and closed the highway.

The crash involved four tractor trailers and a Toyota Corolla.

“Troopers, firefighters and EMS immediately checked on the crash victims and, despite what you see in the photos, thankfully there were no fatalities,” state police said.

Two operators suffered serious injuries, but were still able to recount the crash to troopers.

(Excerpt) Read more at nhregister.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: accident; connecticut; construction; crash; mayhem; transportation; westhaven; workzonesafety
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Another work zone incident.


1 posted on 05/04/2018 8:14:57 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Not that it’s funny, but that meme says it all.


2 posted on 05/04/2018 8:15:16 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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Glad no one was seriously injured.

We just had a crash here where the guy got out of his car after rear ending another car and got hit and killed by another car coming down the road....................


3 posted on 05/04/2018 8:20:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The driver of the Toyota was Robert Mueller, right?


4 posted on 05/04/2018 8:22:13 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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There used to be a toll both at that very spot on I-95. A tractor trailer slammed into cars waiting to pay the toll and a "grisly" conflagration ensued. Many deaths.

Between that, and the Mianus River bridge collapse in 1983 also on I-95, it was decided that the toll money collected did not outweigh the fact that if the tolls were removed the Feds took over 100% of the maintenance.

Corruption and mis-appropriation of toll revenues (wound up in the General Fund instead of road construction and maintenance) were brought to painful light and the tolls were finally removed in 1987.

A plan to revive a toll system through setting up an EZ-Pass mechanism was voted down just last week.

FReegards!

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5 posted on 05/04/2018 8:25:12 AM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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and stay inside the vehicle while waiting for first responders

I daresay that driver had no other choice.

6 posted on 05/04/2018 8:27:28 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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Jeez, it’s amazing that the Corolla driver survived. Wow.

Our newest car has auto braking and all the other safety features. I don’t know whether similar automatic braking and/or collision warning features are available in newer trucks or not but that could be helpful. I guess in tractor-trailer situations, it might only be marginally beneficial.


7 posted on 05/04/2018 8:35:05 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: oldvirginian; Haiku Guy

Work zone mayhem strikes again!


8 posted on 05/04/2018 8:38:37 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Red Badger

That happened to a friend of mine Christmas Day. Minor crash, got out and crushed by another car. Suffered traumatic brain injury and lives in a long term rehab hospital.


9 posted on 05/04/2018 8:44:36 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Agamemnon

I lived in New Haven from 92-95 and drove to work in Norwalk on 95. The traffic both ways would slow to an absolute crawl after Bridgeport every day no matter how heavy the traffic flow. I asked a local who said it was because of the now nonexistent toll booth, even five years later. I had no idea that’s why it was removed though, yikes.


10 posted on 05/04/2018 8:59:03 AM PDT by agrace
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That Corolla’s a mess! How did they survive that?!


11 posted on 05/04/2018 9:10:32 AM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: House Atreides

Jeez, it’s amazing that the Corolla driver survived. Wow.

Wow, indeed. I don’t know how the driver survived that. The car is unrecognizable and little remains other than the 4 wheels. There’s a total and then there’s a total total. This is a total total.


12 posted on 05/04/2018 9:28:21 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The FBI is the Mob)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Wow, I wonder how much the Insurance Company would want for those Wheels? They are the only recognizable part of the Car.


13 posted on 05/04/2018 9:31:54 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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This accident occurred back on Apr. 24, 2018.


14 posted on 05/04/2018 9:34:43 AM PDT by deport
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

IMAGE 1 OF 8:
A Toyota Corolla involved in a crash on Interstate 95 in West Haven, Conn., on April 24, 2018.
15 posted on 05/04/2018 9:39:49 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR home page)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Dadgum... Imma buy me a Corolla!!!


16 posted on 05/04/2018 9:44:02 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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A Toyota Corolla involved in a crash on Interstate 95 in West Haven, Conn., on April 24, 2018.
17 posted on 05/04/2018 9:46:51 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR home page)
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It now looks like some king of weird motorcycle.


18 posted on 05/04/2018 9:48:19 AM PDT by JPG (MAGA)
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Jeez, it’s amazing that the Corolla driver survived. Wow.

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I know. That car was demolished.


19 posted on 05/04/2018 9:49:11 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: JPG

That’s what I thought of the first pic I posted. In the second it more resembles a car.


20 posted on 05/04/2018 9:52:26 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR home page)
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