One dead, one injured after crash on Route 169 in Pomfret

A woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a classic car crashed along Route 169 in Pomfret on Monday night.

State police said the driver of a 1967 Triumph GT6 went off the road and hit a guardrail, a traffic sign and then a tree before going down an embankment around 8:24 p.m. on Monday.

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The driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to UMass Hospital.

The passenger, 35-year-old Elisha Eden Roode, of Waterford, was killed in the crash, police said.

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