Traffic & Transit
Hartford Woman Charged With DUI In Wrong-Way Wreck: Police
A woman is facing accusations that she drove the wrong way on I-91 and struck another car.
HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford woman has been arrested in connection with a wrong-way crash, according to police. Jessica Cruz, 42, was charged with operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, operation without minimum insurance, driving the wrong way on a divided highway, and first-degree reckless endangerment.
Police said they received numerous 911 calls reporting a wrong-way driver traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-91 in area of exit 34 near the Windsor/Hartford city line.
Troopers responded and spotted the car traveling the wrong way on the highway. Troopers narrowly missed the car as it swerved right and continued south.
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The car exited at the Conlin/Whitehead entrance ramp the wrong way and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
The victim was transported to Hartford Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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Cruz was arrested after failing a field sobriety test and released on $500 bond, according to police.
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