Police are investigating a crash that killed an 82-year-old woman at the intersection Blue Hills Avenue and Cottage Grove Road in Bloomfield on Monday afternoon.
According to police, a car was driving westbound on Cottage Grove Road approaching the intersection of Blue Hills Avenue when a car driving in the opposite direction turned north in front of the first vehicle.
The two collided, and the 82-year-old victim, a passenger in the second car, went into cardiac arrest. She died at Saint Francis Hospital, police said. It's not clear if anyone else was hurt.
Blue Hills Avenue was shut down between Cottage Grove Road/Route 218 and Marguerite Avenue while authorities responded to the scene. The North Central Municipal Accident Reconstruction Squad was called out to investigate.
No charges have been filed.
