State police: Branford man killed in Middletown I-91 crash
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Connecticut state police cruiser, file photoContributed / Connecticut State Police
MIDDLETOWN State police said a truck driver was killed Thursday afternoon after his dump truck struck a disabled vehicle, rolled over and went into the guardrail on the southbound side of Interstate 91.
Troopers have identified the victim as Branford resident Richard Vining, who turned 69 that same day.
State police said Vining had just gotten on to I-91 south at the Exit 20 on-ramp and was in the acceleration lane when his Peterbilt truck collided with a GMC van “for an unknown reason”. The smaller vehicle was “parked and unoccupied” in the acceleration lane, state police said.