Crime & Safety
State Police ID Victim In Fatal Wethersfield Crash
The victim in an early morning fatal motorcycle crash has been identified.
WETHERSFIELD, CT - A motorcycle wreck on Route 15 left one person dead, according to police. State police closed a portion of the northbound road between exits 85 and 86, which reopened Tuesday morning, WTNH reported.
The incident occurred at 1:15 a.m. State police said in a statement that both drivers "lost control and struck the right shoulder metal beam guide rail."
State police identified the deceased victim as Julio Rodriguez, 31, of Hartford.
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The other driver, Charles Wooding, 24, of Vernon, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Hartford Hospital, police said.
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