Community Corner
Picture Vernon: The Bus Flips Its Lid
The latest installment of the Picture Vernon series.
VERNON, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Vernon series takes us back to 1964 and the case of the bus driver who flipped his lid.
The image comes from the Vernon Police Department Records Division. The bus lost its roof as the driver tried to sneak it through a low overpass that crossed Windsorville Road between today's Stop & Shop and the town's wastewater treatment plant.
The trestle was part of the Ellington branch which ran to Melrose in East Windsor.
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The overpass came down on Oct 28, 1964.
No children were on the bus, according to police records.
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The overpass is now a rail trail bridge:
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Picture Vernon is a periodic look at images of the town, past and present.
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