Leavenworth Rd. Extrication (Shelton, CT) 3/5/22

SHELTON, CT - At approximately 4:30pm on March 5, 2022, the Shelton Fire Department was dispatched to Leavenworth Road just north of Indian Well Road for a reported head on collision. Companies arriving on scene found a 2-car MVA with one person trapped in each vehicle needing extrication. Both vehicles had heavy front end damage with one vehicle up and over the guardrail needing to be secured to keep it from going down a steep embankment. The other vehicle’s front end was plunged into the ledge wall on the opposite side of the road. According to police, both drivers were transported to local hospitals, one with serious injuries. Cause of the crash is unknown at the time of this writing and the Shelton Police Traffic Division Reconstruction Team will be doing the investigation.