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Stratford man dead after three-car crash on Route 8 in Trumbull

TRUMBULL – A man is dead after a three-car crash on Route 8 Saturday morning, according to state police. Clifford Voight, 61, of Stratford, was pronounced...

TRUMBULL – A man is dead after a three-car crash on Route 8 Saturday morning, according to state police.

Clifford Voight, 61, of Stratford, was pronounced dead at St. Vincent Hospital due to the severe impact of the crash, police said.

The accident happened at about 9:30 a.m. Three cars were traveling south in the left lane of Route 8 between exits 7-8 when the first car, a 2000 Suzuki SUV driven by Jonathan Hernandez, 29, of Wallingford, dramatically slowed down in the left lane, according to police.

Police said that the second car,  a 2001 Jeep SUV driven by Derek Michaels, 32, of Vernon, then had to suddenly slow down and as the first two cars slowed down, the third car, Voight’s 199 Nissan, rear-ended the second car and pushed it into the first car.

Michael’s was uninjured but Hernandez was also taken to Saint Vincent’s with minor injuries.

The accident remains under investigation.

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