The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said a child that died following a crash and search along Route 9 in Cromwell in September was killed.
State police responded to the report of a crash on Route 9 South in Cromwell near Exit 25 around 5:20 p.m. on Sept. 11. When they arrived, they found one of the vehicles involved was unoccupied, according to state police.
Witnesses told troopers a woman got out of the vehicle with a young child and went down an embankment next to Route 9 North.
The Chief Medical Examiner's Office has determined that the child, identified as 2-year-old Deroyal Miller, was killed and died by drowning.
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After two hours of searching, first responders spotted a woman walking along Route 9 North who matched the witness description of the driver of the unoccupied vehicle. A short time later, first responders found an unresponsive child in a rocky area of the Connecticut River, according to state police.
The child was rushed to the hospital but was later pronounced dead just before 9:30 p.m.
State police did not say how the woman and child are related. The investigation remains ongoing.
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