3 Teens Injured, One Critically, After Serious Motor Vehicle Accident: Orange Police

ORANGE, CT — Three teenagers were injured, including one critically, after a serious motor vehicle accident occurred just before midnight Tuesday, Orange police said. The driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over and hit a tree, police said. One teen was ejected from the car, police said.

On Tuesday at 11:42 p.m., Orange Police responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on Dogburn Road, just south of the Woodbridge town line, police said. When officers arrived, they found a silver 2007 Mazda 6 off the roadway and three injured occupants nearby, police said.

The preliminary investigation shows that the car was traveling southbound on Dogburn Road when the driver lost control while cornering, causing the vehicle to skid off the roadway and roll over, coming to rest against a tree, police said.

The 17-year-old driver and an 18-year-old passenger suffered non-life threatening injuries, while a second 18-year-old passenger was ejected from the vehicle and suffered critical injures, police said. None of the names of involved parties are being released at this time to allow proper notification of families, police said.

This case is being actively investigated by the Orange Police Department accident reconstruction team. Anyone who might have witnessed this crash is asked to contact Detective Harry Burke (hburke@orange-ct.gov), Sgt. Ray LaPlante (rlaplante@orange-ct.gov) or call 203-891-2130.