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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether a WFSB TV station employee violated agency regulations when he flew a drone over the scene of a fatal car crash on Feb. 1.
An FAA spokesman said the agency is not yet releasing details about its investigation.
Hartford police say that use of the drone by the WFSB employee violated an FAA regulation that prohibits the use of drones for commercial purposes.
Klarn DePalma, WFSB vice president and general manager, said the station doesn't own or use drones.
One person has died and two others are in the hospital after a car struck a building at 2180 Main Street in Hartford early Saturday morning.
The crash happened just before 6 a.m. near the intersection of Main and Capen streets.
Police said the man who died, later identified as Darien Hodges 24, was sitting in the front passenger seat. The male driver and a female passenger are both in stable condition. One is in the Intensive Care Unit and the other received minor injuries, authorities said.