Woman dies and two first-responders injured during rescue after single-vehicle crash on Middlesex Highway in Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Modified Date: 
Sun, 10/02/2016 - 9:38am
Accident Date: 
Friday, September 30, 2016

5 shares Fiery crash kills woman, injures 2 Connecticut officers

Two Old Saybrook police officers were treated for injuries they suffered as they tried to pull a woman from her burning car Friday night.

Old Saybrook police said the woman was killed in a one-car crash on Middlesex Highway and Bokum Road shortly after 10 p.m. Friday night, the Hartford Courantreported. Investigators said the car apparently left the roadway and slammed into a tree. When police first arrived on the scene the car was burning, and the two officers attempted to remove the woman from the wreckage.She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Type: Car Accident

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