Crime & Safety
Rocky Hill Driver Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on I-84
State police are investigating a wrong-way, head-on highway crash.
MANCHESTER, CT — A driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate-84 crashed into another vehicle head-on early Monday morning.
State police said the crash took place at 3:37 a.m. near Exit 62.
A 2015 Toyota Camry driven by Karen Steele, 29, of Rocky Hill, was heading westbound in the eastbound lanes and slammed into a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 55-year-old Jason Klock of Vernon. Klock was heading east in the left lane, state police said.
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Both cars caught on fire and both drivers were pulled from their vehicles by other drivers and state police, according to a crash report.
They were brought to Hartford Hospital with possible life-threatening injuries, according to a report.
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State police said Monday night the crash was still under investigation.
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