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Man killed after car hits guardrail, goes down embankment on I-91 in Wallingford: State police

State police said the car hit a guardrail and then went down an embankment on the roadside.
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WALLINGFORD, Conn. — A driver was killed in a crash on Interstate 91 south in Wallingford after hitting a guardrail and then going into an embankment, Connecticut State Police said.

State police said they responded to the crash at 1:19 a.m. Based on preliminary information, they determined that a Honda S2000 had been traveling along the highway one mile north of exit 13. 

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For an unknown reason, the car hit a the wire rope guardrail on the right shoulder and then went down the grass embankment on the roadside, state police said.

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The driver, identified as Christopher Cutler, 41, of Wallingford, was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries from the crash.

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Anyone with information regarding the collision is asked by state police to contact Trooper Daniel McCue #792 at CT State Police Troop I via phone at 203-393-4200 or email at daniel.mccue@ct.gov.

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