Crime & Safety
2 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On I-84: Police
A 22-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man died in the incident, according to police.
MIDDLEBURY, CT — A Waterbury woman and a Woodbury man were killed overnight in a wrong-way crash in Middlebury, according to police.
The incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday on eastbound Interstate 84, west of Exit 17, police said, and resulted in fatal injuries to 22-year-old Leticia Dourado and 45-year-old Matthew Lean Marquis.
Marquis was traveling west in the eastbound lanes when his 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS struck the 2010 Toyota Prius that Dourado was driving head-on, according to police.
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Anyone who saw or has dash-camera footage of or information about the crash is asked to contact Trooper Peter Thomas at 203-267-2200 or peter.thomas@ct.gov.
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