Pickup Truck Driver Killed In Crash Off I-91 In Windsor

WINDSOR, CT — A Manchester man was killed Thursday morning when the pickup truck he was driving collided with a concrete median barrier, then a concrete bridge abutment off Interstate 91.

Leonard Price, 66, was traveling northbound on the exit 38 HOV off-ramp around 6:58 a.m. when he lost control of his truck, a 2002 Chevrolet S-10. The vehicle collided with the concrete median barrier, went through the Poquonock Avenue intersection and collided with the concrete bridge abutment on the opposite side of the intersection, according to a state police report.

Price was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation. Any witness to the collision is asked to contact Trooper Michael Dean at Troop H at 860-534-1098 or through email at michael.dean@ct.gov. Furthermore, anyone owning a vehicle equipped with a dashcam, who may have been driving through the area at the time of the collision is asked to contact Trooper Dean.