State Trooper Receives Warning Following Six-Car Crash in West Hartford
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A multi-vehicle crash that involved a Connecticut State Trooper closed the intersection of Albany Avenue and Trout Brook Drive in West Hartford for several hours. Photo courtesy of Kyle Skiba (we-ha.com file photo)
The investigation into a six-car crash at the intersection of Albany Avenue and Trout Brook Drive in West Hartford has concluded.
By Ronni Newton
Police have concluded their investigation into a six-car crash on Aug. 2 that closed a major intersection in West Hartford for hours and resulted in injury to three people, and said Monday that Connecticut State Police Sgt. Anthony Sciaretto is being issued a written warning for a red light violation.
According to Capt. Jeff Rose, Sciaretto, 34, a member of the Connecticut State Police SWAT team, was headed east on Albany Avenue in his official vehicle, a 2014 Ford Explorer. He was responding to a critical incident involving a barricaded person in Willimantic, Rose said previously.
The crash occurred when Sciaretto, lights flashing and siren on, proceeded through the red light at the intersection with Trout Brook Drive and collided with two vehicles that were heading south, according to Rose. Sciaretto then hit three more vehicles that were headed northbound on Trout Brook Drive.
According to police, the northbound and southbound drivers had green lights.
Several of the vehicles involved in the crash received extensive damage, and two of the injured parties were transported to St. Francis Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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If the state trooper was proceeding with lights flashing and siren on, why did he receive a warning? Even if the southbound and northbound cars on North Main Street had a green light, aren’t they still supposed to yield the right of way?
Even with lights flashing and siren he must slow down and yield to people already in the intersection. He can’t just barrel through. This is going to cost the state some money…