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Two separate crashes on Albany Ave. in West Hartford cause temporary road closures

This is the second day in a row where a crash closed down a similar portion of Route 44.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Two separate multi-vehicle crashes with injuries temporarily closed parts of Route 44 in West Hartford, police said Thursday afternoon.

Albany Ave. (Route 44) was closed for several hours and has since reopened.

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One of the crashes involved four vehicles at Albany Ave. and Ferncliff Drive.

West Hartford police were called to that scene at around 3:10 p.m. Upon arrival, officers saw four cars, three of which had heavy damage.

Witnesses told police that a car going east was driving erratically and struck a second car, causing a chain reaction involving a total of four cars. The driver was unlicensed and uninsured, police said.

Two people were taken to the hospital; one person had to get surgery and the other person had non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the four-vehicle crash is under investigation and charges are pending, police said.

Less than a mile away, police simultaneously responded to a crash that occurred on Albany Ave. between Mountain Road and the Avon town line.

Police said a piece of fire equipment from the West Hartford Fire Department was involved in a crash with another car. Two car occupants were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No firefighters were injured.

This is the second day in a row where a crash closed down a similar portion of Route 44.

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Leah Myers is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. She can be reached at lmyers@fox61.com

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