Crime & Safety
Teen Badly Injured In Waterbury Crash Involving Garbage Truck: Reports
The crash occurred around 4:13 a.m., when an SUV and a garbage truck collided near North Main Street and Lakewood Road, reports say.
WATERBURY, CT — A teenager is seriously injured following a hit-and-run crash involving an SUV and a garbage truck in Waterbury early Thursday morning, according to multiple reports.
The crash occurred around 4:13 a.m., when the SUV and the garbage truck collided near North Main Street and Lakewood Road, according to the Hartford Courant.
Some of the SUV's occupants fled the scene before police arrived, while police had to extricate one of them — the teenager — from the vehicle, WFSB reported.
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After being extricated, the teenager was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to the outlet.
The SUV had been stolen, WFSB reported.
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Patch reached out to the Waterbury Police Department for more information.
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