Connecticut State Police have identified the man who was killed in a crash in Essex on Saturday afternoon.
Police were called to Gates Road in Essex around 3:45 p.m. after getting a report of a one-car crash.
When officers arrived, they found a vehicle off the road on a residential lot, where it had hit a tree.
The driver of the vehicle, later identified by police as 58-year-old William Demars, of Essex, was pronounced dead at the Shoreline Clinic.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Troop F in Westbrook at (860) 399-2100. The crash remains under investigation.
