Beacon Falls, CT : 2 children killed, 3 adults injured in crash on Route 8 North in Beacon Falls on Sunday, 4th February 2024

Two children have died and three adults are injured after a crash on Route 8 North in Beacon Falls on Sunday.

State police said a 33-year-old man from Stratford was driving a Honda near exit 23 around 3:30 p.m. when he was rear-ended by a 40-year-old man from Oxford driving a Ford F600 truck.

After the crash, both vehicles landed against a concrete barrier between the left shoulder and left lane of the highway.

Two children inside of the Honda were transported to Waterbury Hospital and later died of their injuries, according to troopers. The children have been identified as 6-year-old Laura Vitoria Alves Brito and 3-year-old Riquelme Alves Brito, both of Bridgeport.


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