Traffic & Transit

Tree Crushes Car On Route 15 In Hamden: Fire Officials

The driver was hospitalized after a tree fell onto his car during the storm early Thursday morning, according to fire officials.

A tree fell onto a car on Route 15 in Hamden at the height of rain and wind gusts early Thursday morning, according to fire officials.
A tree fell onto a car on Route 15 in Hamden at the height of rain and wind gusts early Thursday morning, according to fire officials. (Hamden Fire Department)

HAMDEN, CT — A driver was hospitalized after a tree fell onto his car on Route 15 North in Hamden early Thursday morning, according to fire officials.

“At the height of rain and wind gusts early this morning, a driver on RT 15 NB in Hamden had his car crushed by a tree,” officials wrote in a post on Facebook. “Our members cut back the tree for ambulance access and treated non-life threatening injuries. The patient was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital.”

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