Update: Collision Motorists From Gales Ferry

Note: Ledyard Police Lt. Michael Finkelstein sent us this release today on Wednesday's head-on collision, which closed Route 12 during the rush hour:

On Jan. 18, at approximately 5:02 p.m., a motor vehicle accident occured on Route 12 in the Gales Ferry section of Ledyard in which two vehicles struck head-on, with one catching fire.

Responding Officers found all occupants out of the vehicles and the Gales Ferry Fire Department quickly extinguished the fire. Due to injuries from the accident one operator was transported by the Ledyard Volunteer Emergency Squad to the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich.

Initial investigation by the Ledyard Police Department indicates that a northbound vehicle operated by Richard Carlson, 59, of Long Cove Road in Gales Ferry, collided with a southbound vehicle operated by Susan Penrose 53, of Meadow Drive in Gales Ferry.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation. As a result of fire supression efforts, water froze on the roadway, requiring it to be closed for a short period until the roadway could be sanded by the state DOT.