Traffic & Transit
Driver Killed In Willington Crash
A driver was killed when his car hit a tree in Willington Sunday, state police said.
WILLINGTON, CT — An 80-year-old Norwich man in a 32-year-old car died in a traffic accident on Willington Sunday, state police said.
The incident took place at 12:25 p.m. on Turnpike Road in Willington, state police said.
According to a crash report, the man was driving a 1992 Chevrolet Caprice was headed west on Turnpike Road in Willington, about a tenth-0f-a-mile west of Moose Meadow Road. The car suddenly veered to the left and hit a tree on the left shoulder.
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He was transported to Rockville General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, state police said that anyone with information on the accident can call Trooper Nicholas Desrosiers nicholas.desrosiers@ct.gov of 860-896-3200, Ext. 8008.
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