Traffic & Transit
Truck Tire Hits Car On I-84 In Tolland County
A truck tire flew into a car on a stretch of I-84, state police said.
WILLINGTON/TOLLAND, CT — A flying tractor-trailer tire damaged a much smaller vehicle on Interstate 84, state police said.
State police recently released a report on the April 16 incident.
At 8:45 p.m. that day, a 25-year-old Manchester woman was traveling on the westbound side of I-84 through Willington and Tolland in a 2013 Nissan Murano, according to a crash report.
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A tire suddenly flew off its rim on a nearby tractor-trailer and slammed into the driver's side quarter panel of the Nissan, according to a crash report.
The driver of the Nissan escaped injury, but the truck continued on its way. There is no description of it in a crash report.
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