Crime & Safety
Update: Police ID Victim of Fatal 2-Car Crash: Report
The accident occurred on Main Street in Newtown on Sunday night.
NEWTOWN, CT —
Update:
Police have identified the driver and the victim of the two-car crash on Sunday in Newtown. The deceased is a 90-year-old man from Brookfield, Henry Petrucelli, according to The News Times.
According to police, a 33-year-old Shelton man driving a pickup truck crashed into Petrucelli's vehicle, a Honda Civic, killing Petrucelli.
Original post:
One person is dead as the result of a two-car accident that occurred at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday night on Main Street, according to The News Times.
Police told the paper that a pickup truck traveling south on Main Street (Route 25) in the area Botsford Hill Road crashed into a Honda sedan, immediately killing the driver of the Honda.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
Patch will update this developing story as more information becomes available.
Click here to read more on The News Times.
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