Driver rescued from burning vehicle following crash on Berlin Turnpike
One person was rescued from a burning car following a two-car crash in Wethersfield over the weekend that sent two people to the hospital.
The crash was reported Saturday at 12:10 a.m. on the Berlin Turnpike at the intersection of Pawtucket Avenue, according to the Wethersfield Police Department. Responding crews received reports that one of the vehicles involved, an Infiniti Q70, was fully engulfed in flames with the driver trapped inside.
Police said an officer broke the window of the Infiniti and pulled the victim out. That individual as well as the driver of the other vehicle involved, an Audi Q8, were taken to the hospital for injuries not believed to be life-threatening, according to police.
Police said their investigation found that the driver of the Infiniti was heading north on the Berlin Turnpike as the Audi driver was going south. The collision occurred as the Audi driver attempted to turn east onto Pawtucket Avenue.
Police said the Infiniti driver allegedly disregarded the traffic light and collided into the Audi. The Infiniti driver was issued an infraction for traveling unreasonably fast and failure to obey a traffic control signal, according to police.
The crash remains under investigation.
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