Wrong-way crash on I-91 kills University of New Haven senior from Stony Point
Connecticut State Police said 21-year-old Ryan O'Shea of Stony Point was driving southbound on I-91 near Exit 9 just before midnight when his vehicle was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver traveling north in the southbound lanes.
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A University of New Haven senior from New York was killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 91 in New Haven late Friday night.
Connecticut State Police said 21-year-old Ryan O'Shea, of Stony Point, was driving southbound on I-91 near Exit 9 just before midnight when his vehicle was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver traveling north in the southbound lanes.
Investigators identified the wrong-way driver as 31-year-old Guillermo Carmona-Lopez.
According to state police, O'Shea's vehicle was hit head-on before being struck by two additional vehicles. He suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
O'Shea was a senior at the University of New Haven, pursuing a degree in criminal justice.
Carmona-Lopez was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.
Two people in a second vehicle and the driver of a third vehicle suffered minor injuries.
The State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad is assisting with the investigation.
Authorities are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has dash camera footage from the area around the time of the collision to contact Trooper Patrick Miko at Troop I in Bethany.
