FILE - In this photo provided by the Connecticut State Police, plumes of smoke rise from a fire resulting from crash involving a fuel truck and a car on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge in Groton, Conn., Friday, April 21, 2023. A man accused of causing the fiery crash that shut down a major Connecticut highway bridge and killed a truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide, police said Thursday, April 25, 2024.
State police said Thursday that Collins was driving his car on the southbound side of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge between New London and Groton when he blew out a tire, swerved and stopped in the right lane instead of pulling onto the right shoulder. The arrest warrant alleges Collins “created a traffic hazard by remaining stationary within the right acceleration lane and failing to move the vehicle out of the travel lane to a safe location.”Connecticut House votes to expand state’s paid sick leave requirement for all employers by 2027Collins’ lawyer, Anthony C. Basilica, said his client’s car was disabled when it came to a stop and he couldn’t get over into the shoulder.
The truck spilled about 2,200 gallons of home heating oil, and some of it went into the river. Videos from the scene showed flames burning and smoke rising from a lengthy section of the bridge and spreading to land on the Groton side. The fire damaged some protective fencing and the roadway, but did not damage the bridge’s structure.
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