Stonington Cops Investigate State Police Cruiser Crash In Mystic: PD

MYSTIC, CT — Sunday night, a state police cruiser was involved in a crash that sent a trooper and another driver to the hospital, Stonington police said.

According to Stonington Deputy Chief Todd Olson, just after 9:30 p.m., a Connecticut State Police cruiser was involved in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Route 27 and Coogan Boulevard in the Mystic section of Stonington.

Olson said a preliminary investigation found that the CSP trooper's vehicle exited Interstate 95 South at exit 90 and was traveling south on Route 27 when it collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Coogan Boulevard.

After the two vehicles collided, the Trooper's car "veered into the Seaport Shell gas station parking lot and came to rest after striking an unoccupied parked vehicle," Olson said.

Stonington Police Department patrol units responded to the accident and its Accident Reconstruction Unit was activated, Olson said.

Both the trooper and the driver were transported to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, where they were treated and released, Olson said.

The deputy chief said that the trooper was "part of a motor vehicle pursuit that had originated in Rhode Island and had exited Interstate 95 at exit 90 with Rhode Island State Police and Connecticut State Police pursuing a reported kidnapping suspect."

Stonington police are investigating the crash, Olson said.