2 Danbury Residents Killed In 3-Vehicle Crash On I-84

DANBURY, CT — Two Danbury residents were killed in a three-car crash on Interstate 84 Sunday morning.

Connecticut State Police identified the men as Ronald Omar Tello, 27, of Montgomery Street, and Carlos Jimenez Molina, 36, of Harmony Street. Their driver, a 21-year-old woman from Jamaica, N.Y., suffered minor injuries.

The crash occurred at 6:30 a.m. near Exit 8, according to the police report issued Monday.

Both Tello and Jimenez Molina were passengers in a 2008 Hyundai Tiburon driven by the New York woman. The Hyundai had been disabled in the left lane, facing oncoming traffic after crashing into a guardrail in the right shoulder, according to police. Molina and/or Tello (listed on the police report as a "passenger") may have left the Hyundai after the crash to stand by the car's side.

A 2021 Lexus RX, driven by a 55-year-old Avon man in the left lane, struck the Hyundai, which spun into the path of a 2024 Frontliner Cascadia tractor-trailer, causing another collision. Neither the Avon motorist nor the truck driver, a 55-year-old Florida man, were injured, according to the state police.

Multiple state and local agencies responded to the accident and required I-84 West to be shut down for an extensive period of time, police said.

Anyone who witnessed this accident, has information or has dash camera footage that captured the accident is asked to contact Trooper Ilias Bistolas #813 at Troop A in Southbury at 203-267-2280 or by email at Ilias.Bistolas@ct.gov

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