Danbury, CT : Fatal garbage truck crash closes Route 188 in Southbury on Monday, December 12, 2016
Route 188, connecting I-84 with Route 67, is closed southbound due to a fatal two-vehicle crash involving a sanitation truck, State Police said.
The crash was first reported at 7 a.m. and the road remains closed 90 minutes later. State Police did not provide an estimate of when Route 188 will reopen.
The state route links Southbury to Oxford and further south, the Naugatuck Valley. There is a detour at Benson Road.
Meanwhile the Merritt Parkway is slow heading south, from Exit 36 in New Canaan back to Exit 44 in Fairfield, a 14-mile stretch.
I-95 south is backed up from Darien into Westport.
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Fatal garbage truck crash closes Route 188 in Southbury