Truck Instructor Involved In Mishap

MANSFIELD, CT — A truck driving instructor working with a vehicle from the Somers-based New England Tractor-Trailer Training School escaped serious injury on Tuesday morning after being pinned between a pair of vehicles at a lot in Mansfield.

The call came in at 7:45 a.m. on South Frontage Road, according to dispatch reports. Mansfield Fire Chief Francis Raiola said it was on a lot at or adjacent to the state Department of Transportation facility.

He said one vehicle rolled rearward and briefly pinned the instructor between it and another.

The instructor was taken to Windham Hospital as a precaution, he said. The injuries were minor, he said.

Photo Credit: Chris Dehnel

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