Former Newtown athlete killed in car crash remembered as ‘gentle giant’
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 04, 2021, 7:59pm EST
Brandon Hensel, a former
Newtown High School student-athlete described
as a gentle giant by those who knew him, died in a car crash early Sunday
morning. He was 22 years old.
Police say Hensel’s Ford Explorer
went off Toddy Hill Road in Newtown and that he later died from his
injuries at Danbury Hospital. Debris and tire tracks were still there on
Thursday.
Police are still investigating
what caused the crash. His funeral is Saturday.
His former football coach Steve
George called Hensel a leader.