An 88-year-old woman who was injured in a crash on Gold Star Highway in Groton on Monday afternoon has died and the other driver, a 66-year-old woman, remains hospitalized, according to police.
Police said the two vehicles were involved in a crash on Gold Star Highway at the intersection of Flanders Road at 12:04 p.m.
Authorities said 88-year-old Jean Shutsky, of Oakdale, was driving a 2007 Nissan Versa east on Gold Star Highway near Flanders Road and 66-year-old Marilyn Comrie, of Groton, was driving a 1999 Honda Fit north on Flanders Road, approaching the intersection with Gold Star Highway, when the vehicles collided
Both drivers were transported to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London and transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven.
Shutsky died at 12:22 a.m. Tuesday, police said, and Comrie remains hospitalized. No one else was in either car.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the Groton Town Police Department at (860) 441-6712.
