Two women escaped serious injury Friday morning when an out-of-control van struck one of the women, hit the park bench they were sitting on, crashed into a tree and then rolled over coming to rest in the Farmington Canal in Norton Park.

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Photo courtesy of Plainville Police Department

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Plainville firefighters extricate the driver of a 2004 Dodge caravan that went out of control Friday morning and landed in the water at Norton Park. He and a woman the vehicle struck were taken to the hospital.

Plainville police responded to 11 motor vehicle accidents during the Feb. 16 winter storm. There were no serious injuries.

One of the accidents, which occurred on New Britain Avenue, involved a Connecticut Transit bus, according to Police Sgt. Charles Smedick, head of the Plainville Police Traffic Division.

On-street parking is prohibited in Plainville due to the storm, the Plainville Police Department announced. The ban will be lifted at 8 a.m. Thursday.

Additional winter-related information and ordinances follow:

Removing snow,
ice from sidewalks

Plainville police have identified Gary Miller as the police officer who this morning shot a suspect who was threatening him with a hammer. Miller is a 34-year veteran of the local force.

At 7:52 a.m. this morning, police received a phone call from an employee of Jim's Grocery and Deli on Woodford Avenue reporting a man wielding a hammer was in the area smashiing car windows.

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Citizen photo by Robin Lee Michel

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State investigators remain on the scene in the vicinity of where a man allegedly smashed car windows with a hammmer this morning and was shot by police. A portion of Woodford Avenue is closed.