Crime & Safety
Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Crashes Into CT Home, Parked Vehicle, Police Say
The driver was hospitalized following the crash, according to police.
PLAINFIELD, CT — A driver slammed into a parked vehicle and a home's garage due to an apparent medical emergency Tuesday afternoon, according to Plainfield police.
Police, firefighters and paramedics responded to a call at 25 Sterling Road in the Moosup section of town for a crash involving a parked vehicle and a home.
An investigation found that a white Subaru Crosstek entered a parking lot across the street before traveling across the road into the yard of the Sterling Road home.
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The Subaru then struck a parked vehicle and collided with an attached garage.
The Subaru was towed from the scene of the accident.
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The town's building inspector is assessing damage to the property.
A police investigation found that it appears the driver suffered a medical emergency before the crash.
The driver was taken to Backus Emergency Care Center in Norwich for further treatment.
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