Accidents Snarl Traffic on Interstate 691 in Meriden

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP/1010 WINS) -- State police have reopened all lanes of Interstate 691 in the Meriden area after cleaning up two different tractor-trailer accidents that snarled the morning commute.

Traffic and Transit

Troopers say they closed both westbound lanes in Southington near exit 4 for several hours Tuesday morning after a truck driver swerved to avoid a deer and the vehicle burst into flames after hitting a bridge abutment at about midnight.

The truck was destroyed, and the driver was brought to a hospital with upper body and arm injuries.

The second accident happened at about 3 a.m. in the eastbound lanes between exits 4 and 5 in Meriden, when a tandem truck swerved and hit a guardrail. The driver suffered head and neck injuries. The cause remains under investigation.

Neither driver has been ticketed.

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