1 dead in early morning Wolcott crash

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Wolcott, Conn./WTIC Radio - One person has died following a crash early this morning in Wolcott.

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Police say just before 6:00 a.m., a vehicle traveling north on Woodtick Road crossed the southbound lane and struck another vehicle head-on.

The driver of the northbound vehicle, a man in his 70s, sustained critical injuries and later died at an area hospital, according to detectives.

The person in the other vehicle sustained non life-threatening injuries.

Police did not immediately release the names of those involved.

Officers from the Naugatuck Valley Crash Investigation Team are leading the probe.

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