WETHERSFIELD, Conn. — A violent crash on Prospect Street is fatal. The car rolled over and crashed into a utility pole around 11:30 am Thursday. Hartford Police had tried to pull the car over not long before the incident.
"It looked like it stopped very abruptly," said Bob O'Donnell who witnessed the crash.
The red BMW collided with a utility pole on the passenger side between Collier Road and Willow Street. The crash was strong enough to snap the pole in half. The mangled car rolled over ejecting two of the three riders. One of which, passed from their injures.
"It was just chaos. There were people everywhere. They were on the scene very, very quickly," said O'Donnell.
At 11:19 a.m. Thursday morning, the Hartford Police Violent Crimes Task Force had tried to pull over the vehicle. They believed at least one or all three of the occupants were involved in a recent incident involving a gun.
The car sped off eventually making it to Prospect Street in Wethersfield. The car lost control trying to turn right down Willow street where it lost control. Police would not confirm if there was a pursuit.
"The State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Squad were requested to respond to the scene and assume the investigation into the serious injury crash," said Trooper Josue Dorelus.
The driver and front-seat passenger were taken to Hartford hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The third rider Miguel Gonzalez,45, of Hartford would succumb to his injuries.
The crash cut power to some homes in the area but has since been restored. One of those residents heard the commotion and says officers came out guns drawn. They called for the driver to get out of the car.
"He didn’t want to get out of the car at first," said O'Donnell. "They actually had three or four police officers pinning him and I can see him kicking his legs like he didn’t really want to be there.
Hartford Police have not elaborated on the events that led up to this crash nor have they confirmed if any arrests have been made.
