Man Hospitalized After I-91 Crash in Enfield

ENFIELD, CT — An elderly driver was hospitalized with minor injuries Wednesday after his vehicle collided first with a parked Department of Transportation truck, then with another car on Interstate 91 northbound in Enfield.

The collision occurred around 1:39 p.m. just under a mile north of Exit 45 when a Subaru Forester traveling in the right lane struck the left side of a DOT crash truck which was parked partially in the right lane and partially on the right shoulder. The truck was aiding a construction/mowing detail, state police said.

After striking the truck, the Forester rebounded into the travel lane of the highway and collided with a BMW 535I, driven by a man from Albany, N.Y. The highway was reduced to one lane while the Forester and DOT truck were towed from the scene, state police said.

The Forester operator, Donald Sprafke, 79, of Essex, was transported to St. Francis Hospital with minor injuries. No other injuries were reported, state police said.

Sprafke was cited for failure to drive in proper lane.

Photo courtesy of Connecticut State Police