Crime & Safety

Update: Route 15 Partially Re-opened in Meriden

An overturned vehicle has shut down one direction of traffic.

Update 5:50 p.m.: The highway has partially re-opened and now the left lane on the southbound side is closed.

An overturned motor vehicle has shut down Route 15 southbound between exits 67 south and 66.

The incident was reported shortly before 5 p.m. according to the state Department of Transportation. No word on when the highway will re-open.

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