A 23-year-old man is dead and five people have been injured in a crash in Bloomfield.
Police said two vehicles that were heading north on Blue Hills Avenue and passing other drivers at fast speeds were involved in a collision at 5:16 a.m. Friday.
A 2004 Subaru Legacy and a Volkswagen GTI Hatchback crashed between West Dudley Town Road and Old Windsor Road and both vehicles went off the road.
The Volkswagen GTI Hatchback hit a utility pole and severed it, according to police.
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The Subaru hit the building at 1294 Blue Hills Ave. and it caught fire, police said.
Officers extricated a 33-year-old Windsor man who was alone in the car. He was unresponsive, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to St Francis Hospital, police said.
Five people were in the Volkswagen, police said. They have not been able to verify the addresses of the people who were in the vehicle.
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A 23-year-old man died, police said.
A 21-year-old man who was medically unresponsive was brought to St Francis Hospital, a 21-year-old man and a 26-year-old man suffered head trauma and were taken to Hartford Hospital.
A 27-year-old man who suffered various serious, life-threatening injuries was brought to Hartford Hospital.
The North Central Municipal Accident Reconstruction Squad is investigating the collision.
Blue Hills Avenue has been closed between Route 305 and West Dudley Town Road and police said it will be closed for awhile as they investigate.
The SUV was towed from the scene, but the car was still at the scene Friday morning.
