Update: Shelton Man Killed In Route 8 Crash

A man was killed Saturday after losing control of his car and crashing into a tree on Route 8 in Shelton.

State police identified the man as Rodney Francis, 67, of Shelton.

The crash was reported about 4:45 p.m. on Route 8 near exit 12. It happened as a series of thunderstorms passed through the region.

Fir was driving south in his 1993 Lincoln Town Car when the accident happened.

The car flipped over and hit a tree in the highway’s grassy median. 

Branches pierced the vehicle’s front windshield on the driver’s side, leaving the car sitting precariously between the highway’s north-and-south-bound lanes.

The driver was declared dead at the scene.

We’ll update the story when we receive more information.

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