UPDATED: I-95 is just wracking up the injuries today in SE CT!

[NutmegYankee]

UPDATED: Crash involving bus and multiple victims on Interstate 95 in Old Lyme

Old Lyme — Multiple people were injured late this afternoon following a crash involving a bus and several vehicles on Interstate 95 south between exits 70 and 71.
http://www.theday.com/article/20141012/NWS01/141019945/1047
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UPDATED: Northbound I-95 in Waterford has reopened after crash, south still closed
Waterford — At least two people were seriously injured early tonight in crash involving a tractor trailer truck and at least one car on Interstate 95 south in the vicinity of Exit 81.

Two victims were transferred to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital where two Life Star helicopter transferred them to other hospitals.
http://www.theday.com/article/20141012/NWS01/141019943/1047
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Second I-95 crash in Waterford tonight results in more serious injuries
Waterford — A third crash involving serious injuries and multiple vehicles tonight in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 occurred at 9:35 p.m. near Exit 82. It came slightly more than two hours after a serious crash at Exit 82 that closed the highway. Police, firefighters and ambulances are on the scene.
http://www.theday.com/article/20141012/XXX/141019942/1047

Well Damn! Interestingly, none of these accidents are in the "slaughterhouse" corridor that is exits 74-76.

UPDATE

Chaos on I-95 as crashes in Old Lyme, Waterford leave 2 dead, many injured
Three multi-vehicle crashes in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in a five-hour stretch Sunday, the first in Old Lyme and the other two in Waterford, resulted in at least two fatalities and more than 20 injuries, and backed up the highway for hours.

The crashes taxed state and local police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel and even required both Life Star helicopters to transfer patients from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. Ambulances were called in from area towns and there was an influx of patients to the hospital, its Pequot Health Center and the Shoreline Medical Center in Westbrook. State police said they believe the backup from the earlier crash played a role in the later ones.

The first crash, which occurred at 4:30 p.m. in Old Lyme between Exits 70 and 71, involved a tour bus and four passenger vehicles. State police said 15 people were transported to the Shoreline Medical Center in Westbrook for treatment of minor injuries. The crash backed up traffic on the highway to Waterford, but the road remained open and traffic slowly moved through the area in one lane. A staging area was set up just off Exit 71 for ambulances responding from several area towns. The Exit 71 on-ramp from Four Mile River Road was closed for a time.

At 7:05 p.m. in the vicinity of Exit 81 in Waterford, one person died and others were seriously injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck and three cars, state police said. The person who died was a passenger in one of the cars. Other victims were transferred to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, where a Life Star helicopter transferred one person to Yale-New Haven Hospital.
http://www.theday.com/article/20141013/NWS01/310139935/1017

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. That's an especially bad stretch through there

Actually, the whole Connecticut Turnpike sucks.

[NutmegYankee]

2. That portion in Waterford isn't part of the turnpike.

The turnpike is only I95 until it gets to East Lyme, then it becomes I395. The final stretch of I95 to Rhode island was actually built to Federal Highway standards.

[Exultant Democracy]

3. Good thing they let organized crime get all the contracts for 95's construction,

I'm sure that isn't part of the problem.