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1 dead in Pomfret crash

Police said the passenger died and the driver was taken to UMass Medical Center.
Credit: FOX61

POMFRET, Conn — One woman is dead and a man is seriously injured after a single-car crash in Promfret on Monday night. 

Elisha Eden Roode, 35, of Waterford, was killed when the 1967 Triumph GT6 she was riding in ran off the right side of the road and struck the metal beam guardrail before going off-road,  striking a traffic sign and a tree before coming to a stop an embankment. 

The driver was transported via EMS air to UMass Hospital for suspected serious injuries. Roode died at the scene. 

The collision remains under investigation.       

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