Head-On Crash: Woman Killed, Second Driver Injured In Region

A 39-year-old Connecticut woman was killed after allegedly crossing the double-yellow line and hitting a pickup truck head-on.

The area of the fatal crash.
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Kathy Reakes

04/12/2023 10:30 a.m.

The crash took place in Tolland County around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, on Route 32 in Mansfield.

Connecticut State Police said Vanessa Marie Rivero, of the town of Willington in Tolland County, was driving north on Route 32 near Mansfield City Road in a 2022 Volkswagen Jetta when she crossed the double-yellow line and hit a 2012 GMC Sierra head-on, before hitting a guardrail.

Rivero was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.

The driver of the GMC, New London County resident Theodore Robert Rahmann, age 42, of Lebanon, was transported to Windham Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Any witnesses to the collision are asked to contact Troop C at 860-896-3200.

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