According to Lt. Paul Satkowski, Seymour police are continuing an investigation into the fatal accident that occurred around 10:45 p.m. on Rimmon Road, also known as Route 313, near the Woodbridge town line.
Satkowski said police, along with the Seymour Fire Department and Seymour Ambulance Association, arrived on the scene and found the vehicle on the side of the road, crashed into a tree and on fire.
“Upon arrival, responding officers located a single motor vehicle off the side of the roadway crashed into a tree resting on a wooded embankment, fully engulfed in flames,” Satkowski said in a prepared statement Wednesday.
Satkowski said the vehicle sustained significant damage. He said preliminary reports from an eyewitness reported the driver of the vehicle was still inside, and possibly trapped.
“First responders were unable to get near the vehicle due to the intense heat and flames of the fire,” Satkowski said. “Once the fire was extinguished, the remains of a human body were located inside of the vehicle.”
Satkowski said the identity of the driver likely won’t be released until an autopsy is performed Thursday by the state Medical Examiner’s Office. However, he said a “tentative identification” of the driver had been made.
A preliminary investigation revealed the vehicle, a Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck, was pulling a small landscape trailer, and traveling west on Rimmon Road. For reasons unknown at this point, Satkowski said the driver “failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, causing the vehicle to drive off the right side of the roadway, up a wooden embankment and striking a tree nearly head on.”
Satkowski further added “upon impact with the tree, the vehicle immediately burst into flames. The operator, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was unable to escape the vehicle and was burned beyond recognition and therefore pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Satkowski said traffic had to be re-routed around the crash scene for several hours Tuesday night following the accident.
The accident remains under investigation by the police department’s Accident Reconstruction team. Satkowski said assistance during the incident was provided by the Seymour Fire Marshal’s Office, the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the Connecticut State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Squad.
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