A box truck plunged off a bridge and into the Ottauquechee River early Saturday morning after the driver lost control on Interstate 91 in Hartford, according to the Vermont State Police.
Troopers were dispatched at about 7:03 AM on November 22 to the area of mile marker 66.4 on I-91 north in Hartland. Police say the truck, a 2020 Isuzu FTR operated by 44-year-old James Sseggwanyi of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, veered off the roadway, broke through the left-side guardrail, and dropped from the bridge into the river below.
The truck was totaled. Sseggwanyi reported only minor injuries and declined transport to a hospital.
Weather was clear and roads were dry at the time of the crash. The cause remains under investigation.
Hartland Fire Department, the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, the Agency of Transportation, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sabil and Sons Towing, and Vermont State HAZMAT assisted at the scene.