Crime & Safety

Westbound I-84 in Middlebury Reopened: Update

The thruway had been temporarily closed Thursday morning due to a crash and car fire.

MIDDLEBURY, CT — A motor vehicle accident and car fire temporarily shut down I-84 westbound between exits 16 and 17 in Middlebury Thursday morning, writes Fox61, the thruway was reopened just after 9:30 a.m.

The state Department of Transportation reported the incident occurred at 8:10 a.m.

Details of the crash and car fire were not immediately available.

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