ESSEX, Conn. (WTNH) — A 80-year-old man was killed on Tuesday night, after crashing into an Essex engine that was blocking off the right lane of Route 9.



Connecticut State Police say they responded to a two-car crash on Route 9 South in Essex around 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening. With the help of the Essex Fire Department, troopers closed the right lane just north of exit 3, to handle the accident.

Troopers say that Essex firefighter James Mack had his engine lights on, blocking traffic, when William Spitzschuh drove into the apparatus. The 80-year-old from Deep River was reportedly traveling in the right lane when he collided with Mack’s truck.

A 41-year-old man, a fire captain from Orange, jumped off the Crown Valley Parkway I-5 overpass on Tuesday morning and was killed by a big-rig, officials said. The CHP got a call of a man scaling a the chain-link fence on the overpass about 11 a.m. Minutes later, he jumped and was hit. The Orange County Fire Authority identified the man as Capt.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Orange County Register

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- PUB DATE: 12/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

A man was killed in a crash involving a fire truck that happened on Route 9 south in Essex on Tuesday evening. State police identified the victim as 80-year-old William Spitzschuh of Deep River. The crash was reported at about 7 p.m. and shut down the highway for several hours. It involved an Essex fire truck.
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- PUB DATE: 12/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times