Snow puts winter’s spin on Norwalk’s highways

Updated, 2:26 p.m.

NORWALK, Conn. – Snow started to fall Saturday night and cars started spinning – there were five accidents on Norwalk’s limited access highways and one in a Norwalk neighborhood at just about the same time, the Norwalk Fire Department said. One driver suffered minor injuries.

The snow had just started to accumulate just after 9:30 p.m. when the first call came in, for a late model Chevy Trailblazer on its side on the southbound side of Interstate 95 at Exit 14, Deputy Chief Edward Prescott said in a press release. The lone occupant was uninjured and managed to climb out the moon roof once firefighters stabilized the vehicle. He was taken to Norwalk Hospital for observation.

Other accidents on I-95 and the Route 7 Connector involved single cars spinning out and winding up on the guard rail or on Jersey barriers, or disabled in travel lanes and facing the wrong way, Prescott said. Firefighters used fire apparatus to block the travel lanes to protect the accident scenes while Connecticut State Troopers investigated. Once the vehicles were towed all the travel lanes were opened.

While all that was going on a car slid through the intersection of Partrick Road and Wolfpit Avenue, causing minor injuries to the driver when it struck a rock, Prescott said. The driver, who was alone, was taken to Norwalk Hospital. Firefighters worked to keep the vehicle’s fluids from entering storm drains.