Car Strikes Home on Salmon Brook Street in Granby

Salmon Brook Street near Granby town center was closed for nearly an hour Monday evening as a result of a two-vehicle accident that sent a car careening into a house.

The two drivers were transported to Hartford-area hospitals; their identities and the extent of their injuries were not released by police as of 8:40 p.m. Monday.

According to Granby Police Officer Jamie Ball, a car traveling north on Salmon Brook Street struck the back of a van that was also traveling north around 7:30 p.m.

The car, according to Ball, subsequently crossed the southbound lane and struck the house at 251 Salmon Brook St.

Granby police, the Lost Acres Fire Department and mutual ambulance aid from Suffield and Simsbury were called to the scene.

The occupants of the home, Peter and Joan Avery, were inside at the time and were getting ready for bed when they heard "a loud bang and the house shook," according to the couple's daughter, Tammy Meyers.

Meyers said that some of the siding to the house and its foundation were damaged, but that the interior to the home was not.

Southbound traffic around Salmon Brook Street was being diverted onto Hartford Avenue, while northbound traffic was seen turning around. Salmon Brook Street has now re-opened, according to Granby police.

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