A truck driver was killed and several others were injured after a car’s tire blew out and hit a fuel tanker, causing it to roll over and catch fire on the Gold Star Bridge in Groton, Connecticut, on Friday, officials said.
A truck driver was killed and several injured after a fuel tanker rolled over and caught fire on the Gold Star Bridge in Groton, Connecticut, on Friday, officials said in a news conference on Friday.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said the wreck"was a tragic incident" that happened at 11:15 a.m. when the tire of a passenger car blew out and hit the fuel tanker,"spilling about 2,200 gallons of fuel," and setting off a fire with thick billowing smoke seen for miles.The Department of Transportation is conducting a structural analysis of the Southbound Bridge, Lamont said.
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