Crime & Safety
Person Killed After Car Crashes Into Hartford Building
The Friday morning crash killed one person. Police are investigating.
HARTFORD, CT — A person was killed after a car smashed into an apartment building near the Greenfield and Lennox streets intersection Friday morning.
The victim died after arriving at the hospital, according to Fox 61. The victim is Terrance Collins, 48, of Hartford and the accident occurred at 4:45 a.m. Friday, according to WTNH News 8.
Emergency responders freed the man from the car and he was taken to an area hospital where he later died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, News 8 reports. Collins first struck a parked car before crashing into the building, WFSB 3 TV reports.
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No one else was injured and the apartment building was deemed structurally sound, WFSB 3 TV reports.
Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
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JUST IN: Police have identified the man who died after his car hit a building in Hartford. https://t.co/ldqrlkDLbv pic.twitter.com/l1xOkxDwAg
— WFSB Channel 3 (@WFSBnews) March 15, 2019
#BREAKING: Also happening in #HARTFORD’s North End... A car crashed into a building on Greenfield St. & Lenox St. We’ll bring you LIVE to the scene of that investigation as well. #WFSB #WFSBthisAM pic.twitter.com/Jsqjdc5Vz4
— NICOLE NALEPA (@NicoleNalepaTV) March 15, 2019
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