Man Cited For Massive Farmington Crash Sunday: Police

FARMINGTON, CT — A frightening crash on Interstate 84 in Farmington caused only minor injuries, despite the fact a vehicle crossed the grassy median and caused a chain-reaction wreck in the opposite lane.

A Middletown man was cited in the accident, which happened Sunday afternoon and involved four vehicles, according to Connecticut State Police, .

The accident happened at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday on I-84 East, according to police, with highway traffic impacted for much of the afternoon.

Police said Shane Christopher Drum, 54, of Middletown, was cited for failure to maintain proper lane; operating an unregistered motor vehicle; and driving on a divided highway.

According to the accident report, which was released Monday morning, Drum was driving a 2011 Subaru Outback on I-84 West with a 4-year-old boy in a child seat inside.

While Drum suffered reported minor injuries in the crash, the boy was unharmed, police said.

According to police, Drum was traveling in the center lane of I-84 West in the center lane just past Exit 37.

That's when, police said, Drum lost control of the vehicle for "an unknown reason" and veered into the median and into I-84 East in the wrong direction.

Drum's Suburu crashed into a 2022 Kia Forte being driven by a 27-year-old East Hartford woman, who suffered minor injuries, and then into a 2016 Suburu Forester being driven by a 50-year-old Canton woman who had minor injuries.

After striking those two vehicles, Drum's vehicle then slammed into a 2022 Dodge Ram pickup truck being driven by a 62-year-old Savanaha, Ga., man, who was uninjured.

All of the injured as well as the child were transported to area hospitals for evaluation.

For the Connecticut State Police news page and the full crash report, click on this link.