Saumya Arora, 33, Vikram Dhawan, 39, Cheryl Laffey, 59, David Laffey, 44, and four other people injured in a 7-vehicle crash on I-95 in Waterford, Connecticut

Modified Date: 
Wed, 04/08/2015 - 4:13pm
Accident Date: 
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Seven Hospitalized, One Airlifted in Seven-Vehicle Crash on I-95

Seven people were taken to the hospital and one was airlifted to Yale-New Haven Hospital after a seven-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 South in Waterford involving a tractor-trailer on Sunday night.

Woman Dies After Sunday Night Seven-Car Pileup on I-95 in Waterford

State Department of Transportation and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials and an environmental contractor responded to the scene to clean up "spilled fluids," according to state police.

A seven-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer occured Sunday night on I-95 in Waterford. Police responded at 7:28 p.m. Seven people were taken to the hospital and one was airlifted to Yale-New Haven Hospital. Saumya Arora, 33, was seriously injured after a tractor trailer carrying frozen food hit the car she was a passenger in and hit two others, causing collisions with two other cars south of exit 82. A  tractor-trailer driven by Kevin Custer, 60, of Swansea, MA, collided with three cars driven by Vikram Dhawan, 39, of New York, NY, Cheryl Laffey, 59, of Waterford, CT, and Jason Grant, 38, of Attleboro, MA. Grant's car then crashed into a fifth vehicle driven by Adam Miller, of North Port, FL, who then hit a sixth car driven by Andrew Southard, 32, of Allentown, PA. Southard's car struck a seventh vehicle, driven by Gabriela Cajal, 44. Dhawan, the driver of the car Arora was in, also suffered possible injuries, as well as Laffey, driving the third vehicle hit, and her passenger David Laffey, 44. It is unknown at this time who else was taken to the hospital with possible injuries. Southad, the driver of the sixth vehicle, had family members in the car with him, including Samantha Southard, 30, and 1-year-old Catherine Southard. Marcela Cajal, 47, and Maya Champignon, 7, were passengers in the last car hit that Cajal was driving. It is unknown at this time whether anyone in Grant's, Miller's, Southard's and Cajal's vehicles were hurt.

 

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Saumya Arora
Kevin Custer
Vikram Dhawan
Cheryl Laffey
Jason Grant
Adam Miller
Andrew Southard
Gabriela Cajal
David Laffey
Samantha Southard
Catherine Southard
Marcela Cajal
Maya Champignon
Roadway: 
I-95

Comments

Sad saumya...will miss you always dear !! :-(

Sorry Saumya,we miss you.You are an Angel.Rest in Peace.

Still in shock...

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