1 Teen Killed, Several Others Injured In Fiery Crash In Wolcott: PD

WOLCOTT, CT — One teenager was killed, one was critically injured and three other teens suffered serious injuries in a fiery crash, police said.

At 10:02 p.m. Saturday, police received a report that in the area of 734 Spindle Hill Road a vehicle had gone off the road and struck a tree and that the car was also on fire.

Police found the vehicle down a small embankment, laying on its side against a tree. The front of the vehicle was on fire.

Two people were outside the vehicle and told the officers that there were still three more people inside the burning vehicle, police said.

Wolcott Volunteer Firefighter JR Donofrio arrived and began to fight the flames with a fire extinguisher, while a police officer reached through the shattered rear window and pulled the remaining back seat occupant out, police said.

The fire department extinguished the flames.

The two remaining front seat occupants were trapped inside and had to be extracted from the vehicle, police said.

The occupant in the front passenger seat, age 17, was in critical condition and flown by Lifestar to Hartford Hospital. The driver of the vehicle, age 18, was pronounced deceased. The three back seat occupants, ages 16, 18, and 18 years old, suffered very serious injuries and were transported via ambulance to local hospitals, police said.

The Naugatuck Valley Collision Investigation Team, which consists of officers from area towns, were called to the scene and will be investigating the cause of this accident.

Wolcott Superintendent of Schools Shawn Simpson said in a statement, as reported by WFSB 3 TV, that two of the injured people in the vehicle are current high school students and all five teens have ties to the school district.

"Our sincere condolences and thoughts go out to those involved, their family, friends and the first responders," Simpson said, via WFSB 3 TV.

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