Driver Dies After Car Runs Red Light in Bloomfield: Police

A 67-year-old driver has died after another car sped through a red light and struck his driver's side door in Bloomfield on Friday, according to police.

According to police, the man who died was turning from Woodland Avenue onto Blue Hills Avenue around 9:25 a.m. Friday when another car drove through a red light and smashed into his vehicle.

Both cars spun out of control and hit a third vehicle stopped at the intersection of Woodland and Blue Hills avenues, police said.

The victim, identified only as a 67-year-old man from Bloomfield, was rushed to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he died.

The driver that struck him, a 27-year-old man from Granby, was hospitalized for treatment of minor injuries. Police said the third driver was not hurt.

An accident reconstruction squad is investigation.

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