A man was transported to Backus Hospital in Plainfield Sunday after crashing into a telephone pole and police cited him with several traffic violations.
Plainfield police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded to the 376 Starkweather Road area after receiving a report about a one-car crash at 9:43 a.m. on Sunday.
Daniel Carpenter, 48, of Oneco, was outside of his car when police arrived and told officers that he injured his head.
He was transported to the hospital for treatment and released.
Police issued him a misdemeanor summons on charges of operating a motor vehicle under suspension, operating a motor vehicle without minimum insurance requirements, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, traveling too fast for conditions and misuse of a registration plate.
