A 79-year-old Middletown woman has died after a crash in Killingworth Tuesday night.
State police said Martha Bernard was driving a Toyota Yaris on Route 81 in Killingworth just before 7 p.m. when she swerved from the southbound side of the road to the northbound side, lost control and hit a Ford Explorer head-on.
Bernard was transported to Shoreline Clinic, where she was pronounced dead at 7:38 p.m., police said. The passenger in her car was flown to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.
The other driver was also transported to Shoreline Clinic in Westbrook.
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Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call Trooper Roussel at Troop F at 860-399-2100.
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