WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Two separate multi-vehicle crashes with injuries temporarily closed parts of Route 44 in West Hartford, police said Thursday afternoon.
Albany Ave. (Route 44) was closed for several hours and has since reopened.
One of the crashes involved four vehicles at Albany Ave. and Ferncliff Drive.
West Hartford police were called to that scene at around 3:10 p.m. Upon arrival, officers saw four cars, three of which had heavy damage.
Witnesses told police that a car going east was driving erratically and struck a second car, causing a chain reaction involving a total of four cars. The driver was unlicensed and uninsured, police said.
Two people were taken to the hospital; one person had to get surgery and the other person had non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the four-vehicle crash is under investigation and charges are pending, police said.
Less than a mile away, police simultaneously responded to a crash that occurred on Albany Ave. between Mountain Road and the Avon town line.
Police said a piece of fire equipment from the West Hartford Fire Department was involved in a crash with another car. Two car occupants were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No firefighters were injured.
This is the second day in a row where a crash closed down a similar portion of Route 44.
Leah Myers is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. She can be reached at lmyers@fox61.com
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