On Thursday, April 2 a truck driver was killed when his vehicle hit an overpass on Interstate 95 in Fairfield.
According to Fairfield police the accident happened at around 10 in the morning on the I 95 northbound near the Exit 23 off ramp. The truck had dropped off a trash container at McDonald’s and accidentally left up its boom. The boom then hit the Meadowbrook Road overpass which caused the truck to roll onto its side and hit the metal guard rail, which went through the cab.
Fairfield Firefighters responded to the scene where the steel guard rail was wrapped around the cab. It was very difficult to extricate the driver and it took a long time with the fire units eventually completing the job around 12.30 p.m. Traffic backed up for around two hours as the roadway on the Kings Highway overpass was reduced to a single lane while crews waited for the State Department of Transport Inspectors to arrive to examine any damage to the bridge.
The truck driver was 32 year old John Collett of Wallingford and he was taken to Bridgeport hospital where he died of his injuries.
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