The exit 43 off-ramp on Interstate 84 eastbound has been shut down for most of the afternoon after a tractor-trailer struck a guardrail and fell onto the ramp late Wednesday morning, according to police.
State police said a freightliner belonging to Penn's Best, Inc., based in Pennsylvania, veered off the roadway to the left and struck a guardrail on I-84 west just before exit 42 in West Hartford.
Police said the tractor-trailer went down an embankment and ended up on the ramp at exit 43 for Trout Brook Drive on the eastbound side of the highway.
The ramp at exit 43 eastbound, as well as the left and center lanes and exit 42 ramp on the westbound side, where closed while authorities responded to the scene and cleaned up a fuel leak.
The exit 43 ramp remains closed as of 5:30 p.m.
No one was injured, but the tractor-trailer was totaled, according to police.
More information will be provided when it becomes available.
