Passenger dies after car crashes into Housatonic River in Kent
A 24-year-old man died after the car he was riding in veered off the roadway and into the Housatonic River in Kent on Friday afternoon, according to the Connecticut State Police.
State troopers from Troop L responded to reports of a car in the Housatonic River just off Schaghticoke Road in Kent before 3 p.m. on Friday.
A Pontiac Grand Am driven by a 24-year-old New York woman was traveling north of Schaghticoke Road when the car veered to the right, rolled off the edge of the roadway down a steep embankment and went into the river nose first, state police said.
The driver was able to get out of the vehicle, but the passenger, identified as Dillon Miller of Dover Plains, New York, remained inside fully submerged, state police said.
Fire, EMS and police responded to the scene. Dive teams were able to retrieve Miller from the passenger seat. He was transported to Sharon Hospital where he was pronounced dead around 4:30 p.m.
No other vehicles were involved in this accident, according to state police.
The crash is under investigation and law enforcement action is pending, state police said.
