A teenager has serious injuries after he crashed head-on into a tree on Route 9 in Essex on Saturday night.
State police said a 16-year-old male from Rhode Island was traveling northbound on Route 9 around 5:40 p.m. when he drifted off of the left side of the highway.
As he left the roadway, investigators said the teenager entered the dirt shoulder and collided head-on with a tree in the median.
The teenager suffered serious injuries and was flown by LifeStar to Yale New Haven Hospital.
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The crash remains under investigation.
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