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State police are asking the public for help identifying the victim of a violent fatal crash on I-91 in Hartford County.
The crash took place around 5:40 p.m., Monday, May 24, north of exit 23 in Rocky Hill, said the Connecticut State Police.
According to state police, the crash was so intense they have been unable to determine who the driver is, or what kind of Ford vehicle they were driving when it slammed into a bridge abutment.
Before the crash, the driver was heading north on I-91 in the left lane when it left the highway, went into the grass median, hit a concrete bridge support before coming to rest on top of a guardrail, facing south, state police said.
A 69-year-old Connecticut man was killed on his birthday after he plowed into the back of a parked vehicle while getting off of I-91.Richard Vining, of Branford, was killed around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, in Middletown, when he wa…
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State police seek witnesses to fatal crash on I-91 in Middletown
State police seek witnesses to fatal crash on I-91 in Middletown
April 29, 2021 06:22PM By Nick Sambides Jr., Record-Journal staff
MIDDLETOWN â A Branford man was killed when his truck rear-ended an unoccupied van on Interstate 91Â and rolled onto its side, state police said.
Richard J. Vining, 69, of 56 Lindsley Road, Branford, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred in the median of the southbound side of the highway, just south of Exit 20 and Country Club Road, about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, police said.
Vining had just driven on the highway and into the acceleration lane before hitting the van, which was stopped and unoccupied, and then hitting a guardrail, police said.
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Crews work at the scene of a fatal crash on I-91 in Middletown on Thursday afternoon. (Lily Santiago)
Police are asking witnesses with dash cam footage of the crash to contact them. (Lily Santiago)
MIDDLETOWN, CT A Branford man was killed in a crash on I-91 South in Middletown on Thursday afternoon, according to Connecticut State Police.
Police identified the victim as Richard J. Vining, 69, who was driving a dump truck and collided with an unoccupied vehicle that was parked in the acceleration lane on I-91 South near Exit 20 in Middletown.
The crash happened around 12:30 p.m.
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Police said Vining had just got on I-91 and was traveling in the acceleration lane when for an unknown reason his truck struck the other vehicle in the rear.