Truck Towing Wood Chipper Gets in Accident on I-95 in Westport

A truck towing a wood chipper got into an accident with a pick-up truck on I-95 in Westport on Saturday, fire officials said. 

Westport Fire Department said they responded to a motor vehicle truck accident on I-95 northbound between exits 17 and 18. 

The Heavy Duty Bucket Truck, carrying the wood chipper, had rolled onto its side and was leading gasoline, diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid, firefighters reported from the scene. 

One person was tranpsorted to Norwalk Hospital with non-life threatening injuries while another person was not injured, firefighters said. 

Westport Fire Department said they were on the scene for two and a half hours while I-95 was shut down.

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