Car Flips Over on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford
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West Hartford Fire Department and Police Department responded to a car that had flipped over on Farmington Avenue Wednesday night. Photo credit: Ronni Newton
The West Hartford Fire Department extracted two people following a single-vehicle crash on Farmington Avenue Wednesday night.
West Hartford Fire Department and Police Department responded to a car that had flipped over on Farmington Avenue Wednesday night. Photo credit: Ronni Newton
By Ronni Newton
West Hartford police and fire units responded to an incident Wednesday night on Farmington Avenue near Westland Avenue involving a vehicle that had flipped over.
Police said that the car, a four-door Subaru hatchback, was headed westbound on Farmington Avenue when the single-car crash occurred.
Fire Department Battalion Chief Eric Munsell said that the incident was reported at 7:23 p.m. Wednesday. A steady rain was falling at the time.
Munsell said that the driver of the Subaru struck the curb and a tree in the center island, flipped over, and came to rest on its roof. The driver and a passenger were extricated and transported to an area hospital with what Munsell said were minor injuries.
No information was provided about the driver or the passenger.
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“A steady rain was falling at the time.
Munsell said that the driver of the Subaru struck the curb and a tree in the center island, flipped over, and came to rest on its roof. The driver and a passenger were extricated and transported to an area hospital with what Munsell said were minor injuries.”
These islands are intended as “traffic calming” features. While they do work, in too many cases they are poorly marked and are difficult to see in bad weather or with sun glare. Just making the road narrower would have been less expensive and would not have placed obstacles in the middle of the road.