Person's leg caught under car after crash in Meriden
MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — After a rollover crash on Sunday evening, a passenger's leg got caught under the car after being partially ejected from the vehicle, police said.
Police responded to the area of 90 Crown St. to investigate the crash.
Officers said it looked as though the vehicle was traveling south on Crown Street and struck a parked car, which was forcefully pushed into a second parked vehicle. Both of these parked cars were unoccupied at the time of the crash.
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The occupied car rolled over and police said the passenger was partially ejected and their leg got caught underneath the vehicle.
The Meriden Fire Department raised the car off the passenger's leg. Both the driver and passenger were transported to a local hospital for treatment of their non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers are continuing to investigate the crash.
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