STONINGTON - State Police have charged a Groton man with two counts of manslaughter in connection with a wrong-way, head on crash that killed two people in December, according to NBC Connecticut.
Jose Vicente Noriega-Gonzalez, 38, of Groton, was driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in Stonington on Dec. 16 when he collided head-on with another vehicle, reports said.
State police said he was operating under the influence of alcohol when the crash happened, according to reports.
The front seat passenger of Noriega-Gonzalez's vehicle, Eric Ramakers, 37, of Phoenix, Arizona, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Lorna Valcin, 26, of Braintree, Massachusetts, who was the front seat passenger of the car Noriega-Gonzalez struck, also died at the scene, reports said.
Noriega-Gonzalez and two other people in the car he struck were all taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Noriega-Gonzalez was charged Tuesday with two counts of manslaughter with a vehicle, two counts of assault, reckless endangerment, operating under the influence of alcohol and driving the wrong way on a divided highway. He was held on $1.5 million bond.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Troopers-Wrong-way-DUI-driver-arrested-in-14383873.php
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