A volunteer firefighter in Shelton and Trumbull has died after a car crash in Fairfield early Saturday morning, officials say.
Fairfield Police responded to Kings Highway East near Chestnut Street around 1:40 a.m. for a report of a single car crash.
Investigators say 22-year-old Austin J. Buoni of Stratford, was driving a 2005 Nissan Altima eastbound on Kings Highway East when he lost control of his vehicle, slid across the eastbound travel lane and crashed into a utility pole off the right side of the road.
First responders transported Buoni to Bridgeport Hospital, where he later died.
Buoni was a volunteer firefighter in Shelton and Trumbull who graduated from Valley Fire Chiefs Regional Training School in 2014, according to a post on the school's Facebook page.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
