Updated: 1:01 AM EDT May 9, 2021
BETHANY, Conn. Connecticut State Police are trying to determine why two cars collided head-on on Route 63, killing a North Carolina man and sending two Naugatuck women to the hospital.
It happened Friday night just before 11 p.m. 42-year-old Paul Vitelli of Greensboro North Carolina was headed north on Route 63 (Amity Road) in the area of Valley Road in Bethany when it collided head-on with another vehicle. He was transported to Yale New Haven hospital with serious injuries, where he later died. State Police say his airbag deployed, but he was not wearing a seatbelt.
The other car was driven by 57-year-old Elizabeth Capodiferro, with a 19-year-old passenger Sofia Capodiferro, both of Naugatuck. Elizabeth was taken to Yale New Haven for serious injuries; Sofia, the passenger, sustained minor injuries.