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The fatal crash occurred at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 91 south near Exit 15 in Wallingford, according to NBC Connecticut.
Concetta Getman, a 77-year-old from Meriden, was driving north in the southbound lanes, police told NBC.
She died of her injuries at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and the occupants of the other car were taken to Hartford Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, NBC Connecticut said.
Over the long Labor Day holiday weekend, State Police are reporting these highway statistics 12:01 a.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Monday:
- Speeding: 765
- Seat belt violations: 31
- Total moving violations: 1812 (including unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone, texting, etc.)
- DUI arrests: 36
- Accidents: 326 investigated, 53 with injury and one fatal
For comparison, here are the 2016 Labor Day weekend enforcement statistics:
- Speeding: 1,699
- Seatbelt violations: 165
- Total moving violations: 3,552 (including unsafe lane change, following too closely, cellphone/texting, etc.)
- DUI arrests: 51
- Accidents: 283 Investigated, 43 with injury and no fatalities
State police have increased enforcement for the long Labor Day holiday. The enforcement period started at 12:01 a.m. Friday and will run through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
Troopers are focusing on drunken driving violations, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers and speeding. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols are also in place over the entire weekend.
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