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Three people are dead after separate highway crashes in the past 24 hours in Connecticut




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Firefighters work on the scene on an accident on Route 8 in Thomaston (OnSceneFirePhoto.com) 



Deadly 24 Hours on Connecticut Highways
By Stephanie O'Connell


Updated at 5:52 PM EDT on Saturday, Aug 8, 2015

Three people are dead after separate highway crashes in the past 24 hours.

Overnight, two young people were killed in two separate crashes in East Hartford.

Kamron Redding-Hall, 26 of Hartford, was killed after crashing a motorcycle on I-84 East near exit 55 late last night.

Brandon Gothberg, 20 of East Hartford, died in a car crash on Route 2 East near exit 5 at 10 p.m. Friday night.

A yet-to-be identified victim was killed on Route 6 in Coventry yesterday afternoon after colliding with a dump truck.

This morning, three serious crashed shut down I91 South in Wethersfield, both sides of I-84 in West Hartford and Route 8 in Thomaston. There were serious injuries the I-91 south crash in Wethersfield. The crash has been cleared.

In West Hartford, there was a multi-vehicle rollover crash near exit 40 on I-84. A car flipped over onto the median. A wrecker responded to clear at least one car. There were injuries and anyone hurt was taken to the hospital.

One person was seriously injured in the Thomaston Route 8 rollover crash.

There was a rollover crash on Route 7 south at I-84 in Danbury Friday night, causing minor injuries.
Published at 7:56 AM EDT on Aug 8, 2015