Four people were taken to the hospital after a serious four-car crash at Dixwell Avenue and Hartford Turnpike in North Haven this morning and the road is closed for several hours, according to police.
Firefighters and paramedics responded to the scene at 5:54 a.m. and police said it appears a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe traveling west on Dixwell Avenue and a 2005 Toyota Rav 4 collided and the force of the crash sent the vehicles into a 2005 Chevrolet Uplander and a 1999 Honda Civic that were stopped at the intersection.
A 43-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman who were in the Hyundai sustained serious injuries and were transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital, police said.
The 30-year-old man who was driving the Honda and a woman around 40 years old who was driving the Toyota were also injured, police said.
Police said they are still trying to determine who was driving the Hyundai. The patients were thrown from their seats and North Haven firefighters had to extricate them.
The driver of the Chevrolet declined medical treatment at the scene, police said.
"This was a very serious crash involving multiple vehicles and multiple patients. I want to commend our firefighters for their diligent work in assessing the patients and rescuing multiple trapped occupants," Chief Januszewski said in a statement.
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The North Haven Police Department is investigating.
