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1 dead, 1 injured after Manchester head-on crash: Police

Police said they determined that two vehicles collided head-on on Highland Street in Manchester. The cause of the crash is currently unknown.

MANCHESTER, Conn. — A woman died and another was injured after a head-on crash in Manchester Monday, according to the town's police department Tuesday.

Police said they went to the area of Highland Street at 7:59 p.m. on Monday after receiving a report about the crash. 

Investigators who arrived at the scene of the collision learned that one of the vehicles, driven by Porscha Williams, 34, of Norwich, had been traveling west on Highland Street when it crashed head-on with the other car that had been going east along the same street, according to police.

The cause of the crash is currently unknown.

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Williams was taken to Hartford Hospital where she later died from her injuries, police said.

The second driver, a 32-year-old woman, had non-life-threatening injuries and was also taken to Hartford Hospital for treatment.

Any witnesses to the crash or those with information are asked by police to contact Officer Sinopoli either by phone at 860-533-8620 or by email at sinopolin@manchesterct.gov.

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