Danbury Man Crashes Tractor Trailer into Police Car: PD

DANBURY, CT — A Danbury man crashed a tractor-trailer into several cars, including a New York State Police cruiser, police have reported.The incident occurred while police were conducting a traffic stop and around 10 a.m. Friday on I-684 northbound in Bedford, N.Y.

Police said Christopher Hillman, 29, drove a 2005 Peterbuilt tractor trailer into the car in front of them, then drifted to the right shoulder and struck the trooper’s car and another car.

Police report there were injuries in at least one of crashes.

Hillman was charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, reckless endangerment in the second degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and several vehicle and traffic violations. He was held at Westchester County Jail in lieu of $1,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond.

Hillman is scheduled to appear in court at 7 p.m. Wednesday.