Vernon Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Crash In Hartford: Police

HARTFORD, CT — A 23-year-old Vernon woman was killed in a head-on, wrong-way crash in Hartford late Thursday night.

According to Connecticut State Police, Kelly Lynn Caldwell, 23, of Morrison Street, Vernon, was killed in a head-on collision on Route 5/15 in Hartford at 11:13 p.m. Thursday.

Police said Caldwell was driving the wrong way on the highway at the time of the accident.

According to the state police accident report released Friday morning, a 2020 Infiniti being driven by a 31-year-old East Hartford woman was traveling south on Route 5/15 just south of Exit 90.

That's when police said the 2011 Honda Civic — being driven by Caldwell on the wrong way of the highway "for an unknown reason" — slammed into the Infiniti head-on.

The East Hartford woman was taken to Hartford Hospital with suspected minor injuries, police said.

Caldwell, according to police, suffered life-threatening injuries and was rushed to Hartford Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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

For the Connecticut State Police news page, which includes a link to the full accident report, click on this link.