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A WRONG WAY CRASH ON I-
DEAD...
GOOD AFTERNOON,I'M KEITH
KOUNTZ. STATE POLICE ARE
RHODE ISLAND MAN ENDED UP
GOING THE WRONG WAY ON THE
HIGHWAY IN OLD LYME...
THE RESULT WAS A CATASTROPHIC
CRASH... THAT LEFT A MOTHER, A
DUAGHTER AND A FAMILY FRIEND
DEAD. NEWS 8'S KENT
PIERCE HAS THE LATEST ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF
THE CAR THAT WAS CARRYING 3
WOMEN - A 90 YEAR OLD WOMAN,
71 YEAR OLD FAMILY FRIEND.
THEY WERE GOING SOUTHBOUND ON
NIGHT. A RHODE ISLAND MAN WAS
DRIVING THIS CAR THE WRONG WAY
LANES. THE CALLS STARTED
COMING IN TO 911 JUST AFTER 9
:13)) "I'M TRAVELLING
SOUTHBOUND ON 95 AT THE
PASSED A WRONG WAY DRIVER ON
THE LEFT HAND SHOULDER." AND
COLLIDED. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
DAMAGE, IT WAS ALMOST HEAD ON.
"ROUTE 95 SOUTHBOUND, OLD
SAYBROOK. TWO CARS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED ON THE HIGHWAY."[911
"ONE OF THE CARS IS COMPLETELY
DEMOLISHED.""HOW MANY CARS ARE
THERE INVOLVED?""I SEE ONE CAR
THE OTHER LANE, AND THE OTHER
ON TEH RIGHT HANDS SIDE OF THE
STATE POLICE]
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE
NOLIN, A BRANFORD RESIDENT,
MARJORIE MINORE, A NORTH HAVEN
EAST HAVEN." 51 YEAR OLD
FRANK SUNDSTROM OF WARWICK,
RHODE ISLAND WAS GOING THE
HE IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
[KENT PIERCE] ((TC:)) "AS
IS, IT'S JUST THE LATEST IN A
STRING OF ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY
LIVES AND AFFECTING LOTS OF
PEOPLE FAR AWAY FROM ANY OF
THE CRASH SCENES."[YESTERDAY'S
PACKAGE - JANICE MARGOLISéCT
MADD EXEC. DIR.]
((TC:14:32:20)) "IT'S A
RIPPLE EFFECT. IT DOESN'T JUST
EFFECT THE VICTIMS, IT JUST
DOESN'T EFFECT THE DRUNK
DRIVER'S FAMILY, IT EFFECTS
THE COMMUNITY." JUST HOURS
BEFORE TUESDAY'S CRASH, NEWS8
MET WITH THE LOCAL DIRECTOR OF
MOTHER'S AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
TO TALK ABOUT A NEW STUDY
SHOWING WRONG WAY DRIVERS KILL
360 PEOPLE A YEAR, AND THE
MAIN REASON BEHIND THOSE
DEATHS - ALCOHOL.[YESTERDAY'S
PACKAGE - JANICE MARGOLISéCT
(TC:19:29:25) - WE SEE A
NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED BECAUSE THERE
IS A WRONG WAY DRIVER ON THE
HIGHWAY. THE THING I CAN TELL
YOU THAT I KNOW WOULD HELP TO
THE USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK
DEVICES ON ALL CONVICTED DRUNK
INVESTIGATING HOW AND WHY
SUNDSTROM DROVE HIS CAR ONTO
THE HIGHWAY GOING THE WRONG
IS ASKED TO PLEASE CALL STATE
POLICE. IN OLD LYME, I'M KENT