Landscaper Pinned Between 2 Vehicles, Suffers Serious Injuries: Police

LITCHFIELD, CT — A lawn service employee suffered serious injuries after she became pinned between a landscape trailer and truck after a crash involving a Porsche, state police said.

At 10:11 a.m. Tuesday, State Police from Troop L investigated a "serious motor vehicle accident" in the area of 36 Baldwin Hill Road in Litchfield, state police said.

A 2015 Porsche driven by a Litchfield resident was traveling northbound on Baldwin Hill Road when it collided with a 2012 Ford F250 Super Duty, which was a landscape trailer and truck that was parked off the right side of the roadway.

"An employee from a lawn service company, (Katlyn M. Brienza, 31, of Torrington) was standing to the rear (of the landscape trailer and truck) when she was pinned between the trailer and the truck due (to) the impact between the two vehicles," state police said in an accident summary.

Litchfield Fire Department and EMS responded, and Brienza was taken to Waterbury Hospital by Litchfield Ambulance Company with serious injuries to her lower extremities, state police said.

The driver of the Porsche sustained minor injuries, but refused additional medical attention. State Police C.A.R.S. Unit responded to assist in the investigation. This crash remains under investigation and anyone with information regarding the crash is requested to contact Troop L.

Peter Spangenberg of Colonial Lawn and Garden in Litchfield, told the Republican-American that he visited Brienza in the hospital and said her "recovery is what’s most important right now. The trailer and truck can be replaced, but a life can’t.”

Brienza was loading equipment into the truck at the time of the crash, the Rep-Am reported.

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