Crime & Safety
Avon Man, Simsbury Woman Injured in Head-On Crash
Marjorie Eldridge, 53, of Three Harriet Lane injured Wednesday.
An Avon man was taken by LifeStar to Hartford Hospital Wednesday night following a head-on crash in New Hartford with a Simsbury woman.
According to published reports, Christopher Dwyer, 31, of Lovely St., Avon, was on Route 44 just before 8 p.m. Wednesday when he collided with Marjorie Eldridge, 53, of Three Harriet Lane in Simsbury. Eldridge was reportedly driving a Ford Excursion.
Dwyer had be cut out of his 1999 Subaru Impreza by firefighters and was taken to Hartford Hospital with a broken neck, a broken foot, head pain and a head laceration, according to the Register Citizen.
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Eldridge was taken by ambulance to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital complaining of neck and body pain.
Police are still investigating the crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper Rafael S. Figueiral at (860) 626-7963.
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