Connecticut
Oxford man ‘unresponsive’ after crashing into trees on Riggs Street, state police say
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A file photo of a Connecticut State Police cruiser. Police said a man was seriously hurt when his pickup truck veered off Riggs Street and crashed into several trees Saturday morning.
OXFORD — An 81-year-old town man was seriously hurt when his pickup truck veered off Riggs Street and crashed into several trees Saturday morning, state police say.
The man was unresponsive and sent to the Waterbury Hospital following the crash, which occurred in the 200 block of Riggs Street around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Connecticut State Police said in a news release.
Police said the man’s Toyota Tacoma swerved across the opposite travel lane, left the road and struck several trees. According to police, firefighters extricated the man from his truck and treated him at the scene.
Police said they did not know whether the man still was in the hospital Monday morning.