New Haven Man, 21, Dead In New Britain Crash: Police

NEW BRITAIN, CT — State police are asking for the public's help as they investigate an accident on Route 9 in New Britain that claimed the life of a young New Haven man Monday afternoon.

According to an accident report released by police Tuesday morning, Anthony Montminy, 21, of Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, was killed when the 2019 Infiniti Q50 he was driving left the state highway and crashed into a sign support.

Police said Montminy was traveling on Route 9 north, just south of Exit 37, in the center lane of three lanes.

"For an unknown reason," wrote police in the accident report, the vehicle he was driving veered across the left lane, into the left shoulder, and entered the grassy median.

That's where, police said, it slammed into a concrete support for a road sign and came to a final rest in the grassy median. Police said the time of the crash was 3:12 p.m.

Police said Montminy was pronounced dead at the scene and the fully disabled vehicle was towed away.

This case remains under investigation.

Any witness to the collision or possibly having dashcam footage of the vehicle is asked to contact CSP Trooper Michael Dean at Troop H in Hartford at 860-534-1098 or through email at michael.dean@ct.gov.