A truck driver was issued a ticket for the crash that closed I-84 on Tuesday morning in Newtown.  A 67-year-old Stamford man headed eastbound shortly before 8:30am attempted to avoid slowed traffic, went over the grass median and onto the westbound side of the highway. 

An SUV then crashed head on into the rear side of the tractor-trailer’s cab.  The 63-year old woman was transported to Danbury Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Another SUV avoided collided into the wreck, but came to an uncontrolled rest in the grass median.  The 34-year-old Sandy Hook man was uninjured. 

The truck driver was uninjured, and charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle and failure to maintain lane. About 30 gallons of fuel, and some motor oil, transmission fluid and antifreeze spilled and needed to be cleaned up.