Matthew Knox
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.
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Mar. 13—WINDSOR LOCKS — The town is holding a public hearing and a special town meeting Thursday on replacement of a fire truck that was damaged in an accident on Interstate 91 in January.
The town meeting will vote to set a referendum on the expenditure, to be held on March 30, between noon and 8 p.m.
The cost of the new truck is estimated to be $850,000. Some parts of the damaged truck will be used to build the new one.
The cost will include purchasing a new truck cab and chassis, removing the body and equipment from the damaged truck, and putting it on the new cab and chassis.
Grant money from the town’s share of federal pandemic relief funds will be used to make the purchase. Insurance is expected to reimburse $455,000 of the cost.
The damaged truck, less than three years old, was struck Jan. 4 by a vehicle as it was parked in the right and right-center lanes of I-91 near Exit 38. Firefighters were cleaning up a prior crash in the area at the time.
Around 4 a.m. that morning, the unoccupied truck was struck in the front end by an SUV, causing enough damage for it to be deemed totaled by the town’s insurance company.
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