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Ellington, CT

60-Year-Old Killed After Car Veers Off CT Highway, Crashes Into Sign, Trees 60-Year-Old Killed After Car Veers Off CT Highway, Crashes Into Sign, Trees
60-Year-Old Killed After Car Veers Off CT Highway, Crashes Into Sign, Trees A 60-year-old Connecticut man was killed in an early morning crash on New Year's Eve when his car crashed, authorities said.  James Engel, of Ellington, was driving on Route 20 around 12:30 a.m. when for an unknown reason, his Chevrolet Cobalt veered off the right shoulder of the road near the I-91 North connector, Connecticut State Police said.  The car went through a grassy area and crashed into a road sign and two trees.  Paramedics rushed Engel to Hartford Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.  The crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone who wit…
Unidentified Person Killed After Car Hits Tree, Bursts Into Flames In CT Unidentified Person Killed After Car Hits Tree, Bursts Into Flames In CT
Unidentified Person Killed After Car Hits Tree, Bursts Into Flames In CT Authorities are working to identify a person killed in a fiery crash in Connecticut.  The crash happened in Tolland County on Monday, Nov. 25 just before 8 p.m., when a 2016 Kia Sorento Lx speeding in a westbound direction on Sandy Beach Road in Ellington lost control and hit a tree head-on, according to the Connecticut State Police. Both the driver and one passenger were able to get out of the vehicle before it went up in flames. However, a second passenger died in the crash, police said. The driver and passenger were later taken to Hartford Hospital for minor injuries and the vehicl…