The powerful October storm is blamed for at least six deaths and possibly a seventh.
Three people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
A 29-year-old woman was found dead in a home on Harding Avenue in Bloomfield shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Police believe fumes from the unventilated generator running in the basement caused her death. An autopsy is planned. Her name has not been released.
An Enfield woman in her 80s died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the gas from a generator filled her home. Her name has also not been released.
Richard Rothschild, 85, of Sharon, died when carbon monoxide from his generator filled his home.
“Carbon monoxide poisoning is our greatest concern, beyond the restoration, obviously,” Malloy said.
One person died in an all-terrain vehicle crash on Heron Road in Enfield when he came into contact with a wire, officials said.
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Christopher Noyes, 43, of Enfield, was driving an ATV when he struck a low-hanging wire just before 7 p.m. on Halloween, police said. He was transported to Johnson Memorial Hospital, where he died from injuries sustained in the crash. Police said he was not electrocuted.
Two people were killed on slippery roads.
Linda Peddle, 51, of Vernon, suffered a head injury when her Nissan Altima and a Ford Ranger driven by Brian Hatch, 61, of Vernon, collided on Route 85 in Hebron at 1:47 p.m., on Saturday, police said.
Alan Sheppard, 32, of Hartford, was killed when he was ejected from his Acura on Interstate 91 south in Hartford near exit 27 at 4:11 a.m. on Sunday. He struck a metal guardrail and went down an embankment, police said.
A woman in her 80s was killed in a fire at a home in West Hartford on Tuesday night. The home has been without power since Saturday. Investigators are looking into whether the couple was using an alternative source to heat their home and if it was that caused the fire.
Firefighters tried to get into the home to rescue to woman, but were turned back by flames. According to fire officials, firefighters had trouble getting to fire hydrants around the home because of storm debris.
