Crime & Safety

Darien Man Killed In Car Crash In Old Lyme: State Police

The crash occurred on I-95 northbound on Saturday around 7:24 a.m., police said.

Anyone with more information on the crash is asked to contact Old Lyme Resident State Trooper Matthew Weber at 860-399-2100.
Anyone with more information on the crash is asked to contact Old Lyme Resident State Trooper Matthew Weber at 860-399-2100. (Kristin Borden/Patch)

DARIEN, CT — A Darien man was killed on Interstate-95 in Old Lyme after a two-car crash occurred on Saturday morning near exit 70, according to the Connecticut State Police.

A 2003 Honda Accord, driven by Michael S. Sansur, 52, was stopped in the left lane on I-95 northbound "for unknown reasons" around 7:24 a.m., police said, when a 2019 Kia Stinger driven by Almando Dixon, 26, of Oxford, struck the rear of the Accord.

Sansur was taken to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital were he died from injuries sustained in the crash, police said. A passenger in the Accord, Michael Alexander Sansur, 21, of Milford, was airlifted to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

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Dixon was taken to the Westbrook Shoreline Clinic for treatment of possible minor injuries, police said.

Sansur was a teacher at Staples High School in Westport, according to the superintendent of schools there.

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The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with more information is asked to contact Old Lyme Resident State Trooper Matthew Weber at 860-399-2100.

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