ANDOVER, CT — A 64-year-old Vernon man was airlifted to Hartford Hospital after a head-on collision between a sport utility vehicle and dump truck on a stretch of Route 6 Thursday afternoon, state police said.
The crash took place at 3:14 p.m. in Andover, according to a crash report.
State police said the man was heading back toward Vernon in a 2021 Toyota Highlander when he veered into the path of a heavy-duty construction dump truck being driven by a 47-year-old Lebanon man heading into eastern Connecticut.
The vehicles then collided head-on, according to a crash report.
The dump truck driver sustained no major injuries, but the SUV driver was taken to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries, according to a crash report.
Route 6 was closed for several hours, state police said.
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