One person has died and another person was injured after the vehicle they were in hit a tree head-on in Stamford on New Year's Day.
Investigators said 31-year-old Marcela Parra, of Stamford, was traveling southbound on Greenwich Avenue around 6:09 a.m. when the vehicle crossed over to the northbound side of the road, went up onto the sidewalk and hit a tree head-on.
Parra was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A 24-year-old Stamford resident who was a passenger in the vehicle was transported to Stamford Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to investigators.
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No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad at (203) 977-4712.
