Traffic & Transit
Feinting Spell Leads To Car Hopping Guardrail In Mansfield
A car bounced over a guardrail and then flew into the woods in Mansfield, state police said.
MANSFIELD, CT — What state police described as a feinting incident led to a car flying to a wooded area in Mansfield.
State police released a report on the March 11 incident this week.
At 3:07 p.m. that day, a 2019 Subaru Forester with a 49-year-old Willimantic woman behind the wheel was headed south on Route 195, according to a state police crash report.
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Just prior to the Puddin Lane intersection, the driver "feinted," which caused the Subaru to drift into the northbound lane and eventually slam into a metal guardrail, according to a crash report. The initial impact sent the car airborne and it landed on the guardrail and then caromed down a hill and into a copse of trees, according to a crash report.
The driver had to be removed from the vehicle by firefighters, but she avoided serious injury, according to a crash report.
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