State police are investigating a head-on crash that killed two people early Thursday on Route 8.
According to an accident summary from state police Troop I, Fernando J. Moreno-Rivas, 30, of Stratford, was heading south on Route 8 near exit 13 when his Chevy Tahoe was hit by a Chrysler Town & Country heading in the wrong direction on the highway.
Moreno-Rivas was killed, as was Kelly M. Wootten, 29, of Seymour, the driver of the vehicle going the wrong way.
State police didn’t release much more info than that because it is an active investigation in its early stages.
“This incident will remain active following the Medical Examiner report and C.A.R.S report,” according to state police.
C.A.R.S refers to a police accident reconstruction unit.
Moreno-Rivas was wearing a seat belt. The accident report states it isn’t known whether Wootten was wearing a seat belt.
The crash was reported at 1:11 a.m. and closed the highway for several hours as troopers investigated.
