Connecticut State Police said a person has died after their car crashed off the highway on Route 8 in Torrington Thursday.
Troopers were called to the area of exit 45 at about 2:20 p.m.
Responding officers determined that the car drove on the grassy median and up a dirt mound, catching air and hitting the guardrail fence on the Winthrop Street overpass.
The car then hit a cement wall about 20 feet below the highway, landing on a telephone wire, according to police.
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Route 8 South in Torrington was closed because of accident, but has since reopened.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to troopers.
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The accident reconstruction team responded and is investigating.
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