One dead in early morning crash in Bloomfield

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Bloomfield, Conn./WTIC Radio - Bloomfield police are investigating an early morning crash that left one person dead and several others injured.

Investigators say around 5:16 a.m., two vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed north on Blue Hills Avenue left the roadway between West Dudley Town Road and Old Windsor Road.

One vehicle struck a utility pole, severing it and catching fire while the other vehicle struck a buidling.

The vehicle that hit the pole had five occupants, one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene.

The others in that car suffered serious to life-threatening injuries.

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