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Franklin Town officials say one person was killed and two others injured in an accident involving two cars and a tractor-trailer Thursday on Route 32 in Franklin.
The accident occurred about 6:30 a.m. in the area of Meeting House Hill on a stretch of Route 32 called Franklin Hill. A portion of the road was shut down until late Thursday afternoon. Details on the cause of the accident and the names of the people involved were not immediately available from state police.
Franklin First Selectman Charles Grant, who confirmed there was a fatality in the accident, said the town’s Board of Selectmen has been discussing drafting a letter to state police in light of several serious accidents on Route 32 over the past few months. There was a fatal accident involving an ambulance on Route 32 on March 25.
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Franklin State police on Friday identified a Norwich man who was killed Thursday in an accident involving two cars and a tractor-trailer Thursday on Route 32 in Franklin.
Ramon Pantoja, 37, of Norwich, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Thursday morning after his car was struck head on, according to Connecticut State Police Troop K.
The driver of another vehicle, 23-year-old Jason Santos of Willimantic and passenger Danielle Perry, 23, of Windham, were both seriously injured and taken to a hospital for treatment.
The accident occurred about 6:30 a.m. in the area of Meeting House Hill on a stretch of Route 32 called Franklin Hill. Santos was driving southbound when he tried to pass a tractor trailer by moving into the northbound lane. He struck Pantoja s car head-on in the northbound lane.
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BRATTLEBORO â Brattleboroâs first meeting house was located off present day Orchard Street and was built around 1768. The area is now known as Meeting House Hill. There is a cemetery there and a marker establishing where the first meeting house was built. While Meeting House Hill was the geographic center of Brattleboro, it did not turn out to be a convenient location to establish the main meeting house for the town.
In March 1781, a town meeting was held at the meeting house and Brattleboro citizens voted to join the newly formed Vermont Republic. Vermont had written a constitution and declared its independence in 1777 but Brattleboro was one of the southeastern towns that initially remained loyal to New York.
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