Three-Vehicle Crash in Pomfret Leaves Two Injured

0:00It's April 5th. Welcome in. This is Hartford News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. A three vehicle crash shut down part of Route 44 in Palmfort Saturday evening, leaving two drivers injured. It happened shortly after 6.15 pm near Masha Moke Road, with Connecticut State Police handling the response. One driver, a 42-year-old man from Ashford, had stopped westbound at the intersection with Drown Road. An eastbound driver from Rhode Island was heading toward that same spot, while a 23-year-old local from Palmfort center trailed too close. Behind the stopped car, police say the trailing driver rear ended the stopped vehicle, then veered over the double yellow center line for a head-on collision with the oncoming car. That chain reaction turned a routine intersection into chaos. The Rhode Island driver got minor injuries and went to day Kimball Hospital. The young local driver faced serious injuries and was airlifted by LiveStar to UMass for

1:00treatment. State police are still digging into what led to the unsafe distance and crash, so expect more details as the investigation wraps up. Drive smart out there.