DANBURY, CONN A driver and two passengers in a vehicle were killed Saturday morning when they crashed in CT after fleeing a traffic stop in Putnam County.
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There is no word on the conditions of the other two people who were in the auto.
The crash took place at 4:30 a.m. after a Putnam County deputy sheriff attempted to stop a speeding auto on Route 6 in Southeast that, according to Sheriff Don Smith, had been operating erratically and swerving over the center line.
The auto had CT license plates, Boughton tweeted.
The mayor says the sheriff broke off the pursuit before entering CT but the suspect vehicle continued on at a high rate of speed.
Around 4:20 a.m., a Putnam County deputy sheriff on Route 6 in Putnam near the New York-Connecticut state line saw a vehicle being driven erratically, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. The driver and male passengers were killed upon impact. The women were taken to the hospital with injuries to their extremities that were not believed to be life-threatening.
Danbury police arrived at the crash scene at about 4:30 a.m.
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Sheriff Smith said the deputy was not physically injured but was taken to Putnam Hospital in Carmel where he was checked out in the emergency room and was released.
