Employee Severely Injured In South Windsor Workplace Accident: PD

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — An employee at a pasta manufacturing facility sustained severe injuries when his arm became entangled in a piece of heavy-duty machinery early Monday morning, according to police.

At 3:24 a.m., emergency responders rushed to Carla's Pasta at 50 Talbot Lane, off Governors Highway, to assist the man, whose arm was caught up to the elbow. A Hartford Hospital LIFE STAR helicopter was called in at 4:52 a.m., police Sgt. Mark Cleverdon said.

The employee was extricated from the machine at 6:05 a.m. and flown to Hartford Hospital. His status is unknown, Cleverdon reported.

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