A driver literally broke out the bubbly on a Connecticut highway on Wednesday when his 18-wheeler hit a truck and overturned, spilling the loa🔯d of champagne he was carrying, of൲ficials said.
The smell of sparklin🅰g wine filled the air above I-395 in Griswold for hours after a tractor trailer rear ended a department of transportation truck and flipped over in the northbound lane shor𝓰tly before 2:30 p.m.
The tractor-trailer, driven by William Wronsk🀅i of Blackstone, Mass., was totaled, poli🅰ce said.
Wronski and DOT truck driver James Tuttle of North Stonington were transported to Backus Hospital for medical evaluat꧙ions. Police said their injuꦍries did not appear to be serious.
The highway was shut down for se⛦veral hours as police worked to clear the scene. One lane of traffic reopened 4:30 p.m. and the scene was clear by 8 p.m., according to police and the state Dept. of Transportation.