A state Department of Transportation worker was thrown from the back of a work truck and down an embankment during a crash on Interstate 91 northbound in Hartford on Friday morning, according to state police.
Police said the DOT truck was parked in the shoulder of the road, placing the last cone for a survey project, when another driver swerved for some unknown reason, hit the back of the DOT truck in the area of exit 27 for Brainard Road, and the truck rolled over.
Glenn Gove, 53, of Wethersfield, was thrown from the bed of the DOT truck, over the rail and down the embankment, according to the news release from police.
Gove, the driver of the DOT truck, Ray Romano, 51, of South Windsor; and the driver of the other car, a 24-year-old Meriden resident; were taken to Hartford Hospital.
State police said neither of their injuries is serious.
No charges are listed.
