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One killed in I-84 crash in Tolland

Updated: Thursday, 02 Jul 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 02 Jul 2009, 2:00 PM EDT

    (WTNH) - A single-car crash on I-84 in Tolland has left one person dead. At the same time, a truck crash in Danbury left lumber strewn across the highway.

    According to Connecticut state police, the car went off I-84 between Exits 68 & 69 eastbound. The right hand lane of the interstate was closed.

    Police have not yet publicly identified the victim. It's unknown why the car went off the road.

    In Danbury, a truck overturned in the eastbound lanes of I-84 in the vicinity of Exit 3. State police told News Channel 8 there is lumber all over the highway.

    There was no word on whether the driver was hurt.

    Both incidents were expected to take up to four hours to clear.

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