Traffic & Transit
Driver Airlifted To Hospital After Serious Crash On I-84 In Tolland
A crash with serious injuries took place on I-84 in Tolland Monday morning, fire officials said.
TOLLAND, CT — A crash Monday morning prompted an extended highway closure on the eastbound side of Interstate 84 in Tolland.
State police said the crash took place at 9:58 a.m.
The shutdown was between exits 68 and 69, Tolland fire officials said.
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Tolland fire officials also said the crash involved serious injuries and a medical helicopter had been called to the scene and the driver, a 38-year-old man from Yonkers, NY, was flown to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries, according to a crash report.
The crash was initially reported to involve two cars, but state police said early Monday afternoon that it was just a single vehicle. A crash report indicates that a 2022 Hyundai Sante Fe was heading east and suddenly swerved from the left lane, across the center and right lanes and onto the shoulder, where is slammed into a tree and rolled over.
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The closed section of I-84 west was reopened at about noon. Ninety minutes later I-84 east was reopened.
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