Crime & Safety

Man Dies in Single-Car Crash on I-84 in West Hartford

Unidentified male driver reportedly struck a guardrail that flipped the car over and ejected the driver from the vehicle early this morning.

A man that was involved in a single-car crash on I-84 East in West Hartford early this morning has died, according to WFSB.com.

Connecticut State Police told WFSB that the unidentified male driver was in the left lane between the exit 41 South Main Street on-ramp and the Mayflower Street overpass when he lost control. The car went off the travel portion of the roadway into the grassy median, according to WFSB.

WFSB reports that the driver then traveled east in the median before striking a guardrail, which caused the car to flip over.

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The man was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle, according to police. The man was breathing but unresponsive when police arrived, WFSB reports, and he was transported to St. Francis Hospital where he later died.

Read the full story at WFSB here.

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