WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A crash between a tractor-trailer and a CT Transit bus closed Rt. 44 in West Hartford Tuesday morning.
According to West Hartford police, a CT Transit bus and tractor-trailer collided on Rt. 44 on Albany Avenue just after 5 a.m. Police said the bus driver was entrapped and needed to be extricated by the West Hartford Fire Department.
The CT Transit bus driver was successfully removed from the car and was transported to an area hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
The operator and passenger of the tractor trailer were uninjured.
Rt. 44 is closed at Trout Brook Drive and King Philip Drive.
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This is an active scene and investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is urged to contact the WHPD at (860) 523-5203 or use the WHPD Tip Line at (860) 570-8969 or via whpdtips@westhartfordct.gov.
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