Time to say some prayers...there is a bad accident at 869 Main Street, Stamford, on the east side involving a large truck, and a SCHOOL BUS- help has been called in from Greenwich... The road is blocked, many EMS working on scene and many people running to the scene- my mom is there. I hope everyone, especially the children, are safe...
She actually just missed this mess by about five minutes. If my sister hadn't want to look at turtles at the pet store, they would've been caught up in that mess!
I'm waiting for updates, but found News 12 already on the scene, took pictures and had the News Chopper over for a while with a live feed that I screenshot pictures from..
4 PM update: driver of truck in critical condition
STAMFORD -- The driver of a box truck that crashed into 12 cars on Stamford's East Side before smashing into a school bus filled with high school students shortly before 2:30 p.m. and a woman he struck while driving are in critical condition.Police said the driver of the truck had just gotten into a fight with his girlfriend and then took the truck from his employer on Elm Court.
Police are not releasing the name of the driver, but said he is a 30-year-old Stamford resident.
The injured woman was driving a brown Toyota Corolla and is in critical condition at Stamford Hospital.
The driver of the truck had to be extricated from the vehicle by Stamford Fire & Rescue firefighters.
At least a dozen students on the school bus also were taken to Stamford Hospital for minor injuries.
"He hit everything that could be hit," said Capt. Brian McElligott.
Before coming to a stop on East Main Street near Quintard Terrace, the truck hit multiple parked cars, parking meters and signs.
Dominick Colandro, 48, the owner of Rinaldi's Deli at 872 E. Main St. said he heard a crash near the intersection of East Main Street and Crystal Street and then started to hear more crashes before running out and catching a glimpse of the driver.
"He had a cigarette in his mouth and two hands on the wheel," Colandro said. "He was in a rage. It looked like he was on a mission."
The incident began when the truck was taken from a company on Elm Court and then raced through the CTTransit bus maintenance facility. The truck crashed through the rear gate of the CTTransit property and then headed north on Myrtle Avenue before turning west on East Main Street.
The accident has shut down a quarter-mile stretch of East Main Street from Glenbrook Road to Myrtle Avenue causing major gridlock throughout the downtown area.
Police say the road is expected to remain closed for a few hours.
Police are holding over a shift of officers to address major traffic backups in the area. East Main Street is closed from Myrtle Avenue to Glenbrook Road and police are directing traffic on the opposite side of South State Street to Elm Street.
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