Somers Man Dies In Motor Vehicle Collision With Telephone Pole: State Police

SOMERS, CT — A Somers man was killed early Sunday evening when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a telephone pole on Battle Street, according to state police.

Gregory Issa, 40, was operating a 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon "at a high rate of speed" northbound on Battle Street around 7 p.m. The Jeep left the roadway onto the north shoulder and crashed into the pole, according to a state police report.

Issa was ejected from the vehicle and was declared dead at the scene, state police said.

Please see the attached accident information summary, this remains an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information pertaining to the collision is asked to contact Trooper Ryan Crawford at Troop C - Tolland, 860-896-3200 or by email at ryan.crawford@ct.gov.