Fourth Victim ID'd In Fiery Quadruple-Fatal CT Crash

Police in Connecticut have identified the fourth victim killed in a horrific two-vehicle fiery crash that killed four people.

A Waterbury man has been identified as the fourth victim of a two-car fiery crash that killed four.
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Kathy Reakes

07/23/2024 1:10 p.m.

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The crash occurred in New Haven County around 11 p.m. Friday, July 19, in Waterbury on Thomaston Avenue when a car traveling south slammed into a northbound vehicle, causing both to burst into flames, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police.

Lawrence Jackson, age 28, of Waterbury, was the front-seat passenger in an Audi A-7 involved in the crash with a Lexus GS300.

Bessette said a preliminary investigation determined that a car was traveling south on Thomaston Avenue at a high rate of speed and north on Thomaston Avenue at a high rate of speed.

He added that both vehicles were involved in a head-on collision in the northbound lane of 690 Thomaston Avenue.

The accident is under investigation by the Waterbury Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit (CRU).

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