Traffic

Officials are reminding drivers to slow down and move over when police, firefighters, tow truck drivers, and others are at the scene of crashes on highways across Connecticut.

A 56-year-old Watertown man has died after a crash on Interstate 91 North in Wallingford on Monday afternoon. State police said William Risley, of Watertown, hit the back of a tractor-trailer near exit 15 around 1:51 p.m. and he was taken to Midstate Hospital, where he later died. The driver of the truck was taken to New Britain Hospital to…

There were heavy delays on Route 15 North in Meriden after a multi-vehicle crash, but the scene appears to have cleared. The crash was between exits 67 and 68N, the right and center lanes were closed. The road was congested for more than two-and-a-half miles, between exits 66 and 68N, according to the state Department of Transportation. No additional information…

Route 9 South has reopened in Cromwell after a car fire Friday afternoon. The state Department of Transportation said the highway was fully shut down at one point, but has since reopened. The crash was reported at 2:45 p.m. It’s unknown if there are any injuries. No additional information was immediately available.

State police have arrested a driver who is accused of driving more than 130 miles per hour on Route 9 in Berlin. Police said a trooper with the traffic services unit was conducting speed enforcement on Route 9 South and saw a speeding driver near exit 34 in Berlin around 8:15 p.m. The trooper estimated that the driver was going…

A crash investigation snarled traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel at the height of the morning commute. The Port Authority said in a 6:40 a.m. post on X that delays in the south tube into the city were up to 90 minutes because of an earlier investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened, but a flurry of police activity shut down…

Two lanes of Interstate 95 North are closed in Westport on Monday morning after a tractor-trailer rolled over, according to state police. The crash happened near exit 18 and the right and center lanes are closed. State police said no injuries have been reported.

If you were stuck in rush hour traffic near Hartford on Monday, it may be for a fowl reason. Ashley Gentner of Plainville posted a video to TikTok of a family of ducks – what appears to be a mother and four ducklings – stranded in the middle of I-91 on the north side of Hartford. The family was huddled…

As seen on TikTok, police helped slow down cars on I-91 south so some trapped ducks could safely get to the other side.

A state Department of Transportation employee was injured in a crash while working on Interstate 91 North in North Haven on Wednesday. State police said a driver went into the right shoulder near exit 9, hit a DOT truck that was following a sweeping operation and the employee who was in that truck is being treated for injuries. Fire officials…

A man from Hamden has died after a rollover crash on Interstate 91 South in New Haven on Monday afternoon. State police said 59-year-old Segundo Manuel Guaman was driving in the left lane near exit 2 around 12:45 p.m. when he veered across all of the other lanes and entered the gore area for the exit. According to police, Guaman…

Interstate 395 South has reopened in Griswold Friday after a vehicle fire briefly closed the highway between exits 24 and 22, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. No further information is known about the incident at this time.

Lanes of Route 8 were closed in Waterbury and Naugatuck Friday after multi-vehicle crashes, according to the state Department of Transportation. The state Department of Transportation website said one lane of Route 8 North was open between exits 29 and 30 in Naugatuck and the left lane of Route 8 South in Waterbury was closed between exits 30 and 29….

A jackknifed truck caused delays on Interstate 95 North in Fairfield and congestion for miles. A Facebook post from the Fairfield Fire Department said the driver was not hurt but a 50-gallon diesel saddle tank ruptured. Firefighters responded while the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection supervised. The Fairfield Fire Department has also put out a call for truck…

Both sides of Interstate 95 in East Lyme have reopened after multiple crashes briefly closed the area on Monday morning. State police said there was a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer on the southbound side of the highway. At one point, the southbound side of the highway was fully closed between exits 74 and 73. No serious injuries…

One person has been taken to the hospital after a fiery crash on Interstate 84 West early Thursday morning, according to the Vernon Fire Department. The fire department said they received several 911 calls around 4:48 a.m. reporting a crash and vehicle fire on I-84 West, just before exit 66. and the initial reports were that an SUV hit the…

A Waterbury woman was seriously injured in a crash that closed I-84 East in Southington for hours on Thursday morning. According to state police, 58-year-old Lesley Petrafassi was driving in the left lane of I-84 near the Exit 31 on-ramp around 6:45 a.m. when a vehicle in the center lane veered into her lane and collided with her car. Her…

A tractor-trailer jackknifed on Interstate 91 North in Hartford and the highway was closed for hours. It has since reopened. The highway was closed between exits 29 and 29A. Heavy snow had been falling across much of the state since early Tuesday morning and Gov. Ned Lamont signed an order ahead of the storm that banned all tandem tractor-trailers and…

Interstate 84 West in Manchester has been closed for hours because of a crash.

A 25-year-old East Hartford woman has died after a crash on Interstate 84 in Manchester Thursday morning. State police said the driver of a 2016 Nissan Juke was in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of I-84 West near the exit 61 on-ramp just before 7 a.m., veered into the center lane and hit a 2015 Hyundai Genesis, sending the Hyundai into…