The Westport Fire Department reports on the accident that shut down a portion of Roseville Road near Colony Road for 6 hours today:
At 6:14 a.m., Westport firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash involving 2 trucks.
A utility truck suffered heavy front end damage. An occupant was trapped inside, with a diesel leak.
Firefighters stabilized the vehicle, and used battery-operated rescue tools to extricate the occupant in less than 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, other firefighters stabilized the roll-off truck.
Five occupants from both vehicles were evaluated by Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Services. Three were transported to the hospital.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection was contacted due to the diesel spill, and oversaw the cleanup.
Westport Police investigated the incident, and assisted with traffic control.
(Photos/Westport Fire Department)
These large dumps are speeding all over town. See it everyday. Maybe tickets will stop this?
God Bless First Responders !
the stop sign at Whitney and Roseville is a blind spot on a curve. a red light should be there. Therecis excessive frequent speeding on Roseville. The speed limit is 25 on Roseville. That stop sign on Whitney is dangerous.
Remember the”60 Mile an Hour Club?” My cousin Stan rolled over in 1956. It was a very famous club.
I was rear ended at a dangerous intersection like this not too long ago. Totaled my car. A couple of sessions with my chiropractor fixed me up good as new. On top of that, he billed all of it to my insurance company. I didn’t have to do a thing. You’ve probably heard of Visiting Angels. Chiropractors are like angels YOU visit.
I’ll bet this accident occurred where Roseville and Whitney street meet. It is on a steep hill with a pretty sharp curve. My family used to live at 112 Roseville and it was always hard to get out of our driveway safely because you can’t see around the curve and cars coming downhill are going faster than they should.
The accident took place on the Roseville Road curve at Colony Road, NOT by Whitney Street.