Crime & Safety

Friends Remember Driver Killed In Simsbury Crash

The cause of a fatal crash in Simsbury on Wednesday remains under police investigation.

Flowers and a sign mark the location where a young Simsbury man fatally crashed his vehicle early Wednesday morning.

22 -year-old Douglas Hesketh was fatally injured when he crashed his vehicle on Owens Brook Boulevard. The passenger, Michael D. Nathan of Simsbury, sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Saint Francis Hospital.

A resident on Horseshoe Circle, just behind where the crash took place, was woken by the sounds of the crash and called 911.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation, according to Simsbury Police.

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