Stuck Truck Causes Traffic Jams In Stamford

STAMFORD, Conn. — As drivers on the East Side of Stamford know, the intersection of East Main Street and Myrtle Avenue is tough at the best of times.

A Stamford police officer directs traffic around a wrecked tractor-trailer that tried and failed to negotiate a railroad underpass on East Main Street in Stamford.
Photo Credit: *Karen Tensa*

A wrecked tractor-trailer blocks East Main Street in Stamford on Tuesday after crashing into a railroad bridge.
Photo Credit: *Claire Tensa*

A Stamford police officer directs traffic as a wrecker works to free a tractor-trailer that tried and failed to negotiate a railroad underpass on East Main Street in Stamford.
Photo Credit: *Karen Tensa*

Karen Tensa

07/11/2017 2:45 p.m.

But that area right by the railroad underpass was even worse Tuesday after a too-tall truck tried to go under and ended up striking the bridge, police said.

The accident happened at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, and three officers were still on the directing traffic at 2:30 p.m.

The trailer is about torn in half after the truck almost — but not completely — got through. Workers had to empty the whole trailer, and now a large wrecker was working to move the truck out of the intersection.

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