A major crash has closed Interstate 84 west on the Hartford and West Hartford line on Monday morning and multiple people have been transported to area hospitals.
One person was killed in a major crash that closed Interstate 84 West on the Hartford and West Hartford line Monday morning.
Troopers were advised of a crash involving a CT Transit bus and multiple other vehicles on I-84 west near exit 44 shortly before 5 a.m.
According to state police, two tractor-trailers, a CT Transit bus, a postal truck and two passenger vehicles were involved in the crash. Multiple entrapments were reported.
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Multiple people were transported to area hospitals by ambulance.
A driver of one of the tractor-trailers, identified as 58-year-old Gary Carter, of Enfield, was killed in the crash, according to police.
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State police said Carter was driving his tractor-trailer when he failed to stop for backed up traffic and slammed into the CT Transit bus, which then caused a chain reaction crash with the other vehicles.
Some people in the other vehicles received minor injuries, police said.
The highway reopened just after 2 p.m., according to state police.
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