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May 5, 2008

Conn. man, 80, dies in collision in Foster

FOSTER -- An 80-year-old Connecticut man was killed and four other people injured in an accident yesterday afternoon on Route 6, the police said.

Charles F. Dunn of Danielson was apparently turning onto Route 6 from Boswell Trail when his vehicle was broadsided by a car heading east on Route 6, which is also known as Danielson Pike.

Police received a call about the accident at 3:10 p.m. Emergency personnel had to remove Dunn from his 2002 Saturn sedan using an extrication device. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence where he died soon after, according to Police Chief Robert Coyne.

The driver of the other car, Inthava Dupont, 32, of Lowell, Mass. and her three passengers -- a 68-year-old female, a 7-year-old girl, and a 2-month-old boy -- suffered minor injuries and were also taken to Rhode Island Hospital.

The intersection of Boswell Trail and Route 6 is a “T” with one-way stop on Bosworth. Drivers on Route 6 have the right of way, and the speed limit on the road is 45 mph.

Coyne said it is unclear whether Dunn stopped at the intersection or in which direction he was heading.

Coyne said an investigation is ongoing. Police do not believe speed or weather conditions, which were overcast that afternoon, were a factor.

-- Journal staff writer Philip Marcelo

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:44 PM | Permalink

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