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Tractor trailer rollover results in fatality, multiple injuries

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The scene of the collision, looking toward the intersection of Main Street and Farmington Falls Road. Firefighters work to extract the driver of the truck.

FARMINGTON – First responders at the scene of a two-vehicle, multiple-injury tractor trailer rollover on the Farmington Falls Road have confirmed that one person was killed in the collision.

At about 9:30 a.m. this morning, Farmington police, fire and Northstar EMS ambulance personnel responded to the rollover, that occurred at the intersection of Farmington Falls Road, Main Street and Corn Shop Lane, which leads to the Department of Health and Human Services building.

A tractor trailer truck loaded with sawdust rolled over into the northbound lanes, spilling its load onto the shoulder. Also involved in the incident was a white Dodge minvan with Connecticut plates, which was partially crushed in the collision. One person in the van was killed, police said. No names have been released until police can notify family members.

According to FPD Officer Wayne Drake, the five or six individuals in the minivan were involved with a YMCA camp. In addition to the fatality, at least two other passengers were transported to Franklin Memorial Hospital. The driver of the tractor trailer truck was entrapped in the cab of his vehicle and Farmington Fire Rescue spent several minutes working with power tools to extract him. He was also transported to FMH on a backboard.

Farmington Falls Road is closed near the intersection with the Intervale Road, and Drake said he expected it could remain so for as long as four to six hours. A state police reconstruction team has been contacted, as well as a weight unit, since the collision involves a commercial truck.

More details on this incident will be posted as they become available.

Firefighters and other first responders work to extract the driver of the truck. Sawdust spills out to the right.

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8 Comments

  1. Looks like it partially rolled over onto a white 4 door sedan. Scary looking. Hope everyone is OK.

  2. This is such a terrible terrible thing. Makes you stop and think about your life. I travel this same exact road everyday. I feel for the families of the YMCA people. My heart goes out to them. very very sad.

  3. May God bless the folks invovled and their family. RIP to the one who died. We never know
    when it’s our time and how we will exit this world. All we can do is pray for each individual invovled in this tragic accident may God carry them through this time of sorrow. My wife was headed to work and seen this accident she said it was bad. It’s very sad folks was traveling from CT and one will not be traveling back alive. To everyone please drive with caution.

  4. May God bless them all.. The people who did survive are very lucky! For the one who did not, I am sorry for their family and friends loss!

  5. Well it is horrible for the people. I am worried about my husband when he going to work for driving his truck. You never know what happen.
    All you in my thought and prayers

  6. You never know what will happen in a regular day. Just never know. You could have the best day of your life or have the absalute worse day of your life. It stinks when you pluses a loved one all of a sudden,I know. You have to let it go and remember them. They will always be in your heart. May god bless the one who died and all their family and friends.

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