Video shows driver slam into CT state police cruiser that burst into flames
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New Canaan, CT - Police released new body cam footage capturing the moments before and after a fiery crash on Route 15 Tuesday night, which followed another fiery crash that resulted in one death.
The first crash was reported around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday near Exit 13 in New Canaan, Stamford Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Kerwin said. He said the incident was a single-vehicle crash with a "reported fire."
Around 11:50 p.m., a passing motorist struck a state trooper's vehicle that was at the scene of the initial crash, Kerwin said. That crash caused the police cruiser to also catch on fire, he said.
The driver involved in the crash with the trooper's vehicle was taken to Stamford Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
Connecticut State Police said as of Wednesday afternoon that they were working to confirm the identity of the female individual who died in the initial crash. They said the person was riding as a passenger when the crash occurred, and the driver, a 64-year-old Bridgeport man, was taken to Norwalk Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.