2 dead after head-on crash in Connecticut

EAST MIDDLEBURY, Conn. (WLNE) — Connecticut State Police are investigating a head-on crash that killed two people in East Middlebury early Sunday morning.

In police documents obtained by ABC 6 News, police detailed a scene where a 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse was driving the wrong way down Interstate 84 east near exit 17 just after 3 a.m.

Documents reveal the Mitsubishi, driven by 45-year-old Matthew Marquis of Woodbury, struck a Toyota Prius, driven by 22-year-old Leticia Dourado of Waterbury.

Both drivers succumbed to their injuries they sustained in the crash, police said.

Authorities are now asking any witnesses or anyone who may have information regarding the accident to contact Trooper Thomas, #1078 at Troop A – Southbury at 203-267-2200 or at Peter.Thomas@ct.gov.

The case remains under investigation.