A tractor-trailer driver who authorities said fell asleep at the wheel crashed into the woods on the side of Route 44 in Eastford, shutting down the road for several hours Friday afternoon.
The tractor-trailer went off the road around noon Friday. Police said a woman had fallen asleep at the wheel.
The driver’s name has not yet been released. She is expected to be OK.
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