Firefighters in town respond to hundreds of incidents every year on the Merritt Parkway and Interstate 95, but they’re trained well enough not to worry about what they’ll deal with when they get to crash scenes, Lt. Bob Smith said Monday.
Though there are exceptions.
“What I do worry about is the hundreds of vehicles that pass, some at very high rates of speed, without slowing down or moving over,” Smith said Monday. “Others have distracted drivers holding their cellphone out the window trying to get a glimpse and that magical shot they can post on social media.”
Even more of a concern: people who decide to get behind the wheel after drinking.
Like the Weston man who was driving a BMW more than 90 miles per hour on the Merritt on April 22, 2020 when he struck and killed Corey Iodice, a 58-year-old tow truck operator who was loading a disabled car on the shoulder of the road.