A man from Bloomfield has died after a crash on Interstate 91 south in Hartford on Tuesday morning.
The two-car crash, which happened around 6 a.m., closed three lanes of I-91 south between exits 29A and 27 for most of the morning. All of the lanes were blocked while police cleared the scene, but have since reopened.
Police said one vehicle was traveling in the right lane on the highway and another vehicle, driven by 36-year-old Dwayne Reynolds, of Bloomfield, was traveling in the left lane.
According to officers, Reynolds lost control on wet roads while negotiating a curve and hit the concrete barrier on the left shoulder of the highway. His vehicle then spun to the right side of the highway, where it was hit on the driver's side by the vehicle driving in the right lane.
Reynolds suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was later pronounced dead at Hartford Hospital, police said. A passenger in his vehicle was not injured.
The other driver involved in the crash suffered minor injuries and was taken to Hartford Hospital.
The crash caused about seven miles of congestion between exits 37 and 27 in Hartford and Windsor on Tuesday morning.
The accident remains under investigation. Any witnesses are asked to contact Troop H at (860) 534-1000.
