Crime & Safety
PD: City Girl, 14, Injured After Jumping onto Route 9 in Cromwell
The unnamed Middletown teen was treated at Hartford Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries Friday night after she leaped from a highway overpass.
A 14-year-old Middletown girl is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries after police say she jumped from a highway overpass onto Route 9 in Cromwell Friday evening, according to the Hartford Courant.
The teen, who has not been identified, was treated at Hartford Hospital after falling onto the highway around 8:21 p.m., according to police.
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WTNH is reporting that a motorist on West Street, which runs over Route 9, called 911 on a girl sitting on the guardrails with her feet dangling from the highway overpass. Police said she fell about 40 feet.
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