ORANGE, CT (WFSB) – Route 34 was closed in Orange on Monday morning because of a deadly crash.
The collision involved a tractor-trailer and a car. It was first reported a little before 4 a.m. at the intersection of Race Brook and Orange Center roads, fire officials said.
Orange police confirmed that one person was killed.
Route 34 was closed between Mapledale and Racebrook roads as a result.
This is scene video of a crash that involved a tractor trailer and a car on Route 34 in Orange on Oct. 30.
Orange Fire Chief Vaughn Dumas told Channel 3 that the tractor trailer driver had been heading westbound on Route 34 from New Haven toward Derby and collided with the car at the intersection.
Orange’s fire chief gives an update on a deadly Route 34 crash.
The tractor trailer went off the road and hit a utility pole and a tree. The vehicle then continued a little way onto Orange Center Road before it stopped. The driver suffered minor injuries.
The person who was on the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
No identities were released.
“Roads, when they get wet they’re slippery, just like when it snows,” Dumas said. “The oil comes out of the asphalt [and] they just create some slipper conditions on the road, and people tend to forget that and they may not reduce speed for the conditions of approaching.”
Troopers could not say when they expected the road to reopen.
Orange police asked drivers to avoid the area.
“We expect the road to be closed through the morning rush hours,” Orange police said.
For real-time traffic updates, check the Channel 3 First Alert traffic map here.
A crash on Route 34 in Orange was reportedly deadly, according to Orange police.
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