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Connecticut company's trucks ordered off road

Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell has ordered the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to put all trucks from American Crushing and Recycling off the road.

A truck from the Bloomberg-based company was blamed for a fatal wreck on Avon Mountain in July that left four people dead and 20 vehicles totaled.

Another truck from the company was pulled over on Sept. 16 because of safety violations and because it was 18,000 pounds overweight, according to the Hartford Courant.

Delbert Cornell, chief of the state DMV’s commercial vehicle safety division, suspended the company’s 10 trucks Tuesday, Sept. 21. Five of the trucks were immediately put out of service for numerous violations, including brake defects, steering problems and flat tires, the Courant reported.

The DMV has inspected the company’s trucks several times since the July crash and has found numerous problems.

This is not the first time American Crushing has been in trouble. The company is a successor to Wilcox Trucking, and was formed after Wilcox had similar problems with the DMV.

The governor said because of fears that the owners may attempt to reform the company yet again under another name, the vehicle identification numbers of the trucks have been flagged in the state’s DMV database to prevent re-registration. The DMV will also continue to monitor the owners to watch for any attempts to circumvent the registration ban.

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