Box truck hits construction gear and flees on Route 15, Fairfield County CT


A box truck struck construction equipment and fled the scene on Route 15 southbound near the connector and the I-91 south exit. The truck has damage on the right side and a large piece of the side is missing. The collision caused lane blockage and stopped traffic temporarily.
Audio|Source: Connecticut State Public Safety (Troop G, I and DEEP)
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Transcript:
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Group 15 South in one of our patterns, right at the connector at the . It's not like a commercial vehicle to struck one of the construction equipment on a road.
00:12
What?
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8-590, he's reporting that it's blocking a lane and traffic's how to stop.
00:33
Say 859, can you report you that out of 34?
00:39
Roger, it's going to be the 91 south exit through Route 15 south.
00:53
6.59, Group I, uh, Foreman's reporting. It's a box truck evading the scene now, Route 15 south.
01:01
I'll see if I can get further description on it.
01:06
Okay.
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24-0-3-34.
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I'll see if I can get further description on it. I'm going to take up post.
01:21
Roger.
01:23
Idle 1167, you get ahead at that time.
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1176 copies.
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1288I, we're also en route.
01:41
Roger.
01:46
Evading vehicle on 15 or heading towards 15?
01:52
It's on 15 heading southbound.
02:00
It looks like they got the lane clear. I'm just going to go south see if I can look at the box truck. It's going to have right side damage and they said they ripped off chunk of the side.
02:13
Roger.
02:19
Very Town 685, man.
02:21
I'm heading Route 15 going right now.
02:26
We arrived.
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CT-15, Connecticut
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