2 Dead In Somers Crash

(Somers, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Police say a Friday afternoon crash in Somers left two women from Massachusetts dead.
Troopers say it was around 2:15 p.m. when a vehicle driven by 72-year-old Ruth Chake of Springfield left the travel portion of Turnpike Road in Somers and struck a tree.
Chake was first taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to Hartford Hospital where she died.
A passenger identified as 69-year-old Bette Bradsley of East Longmeadow was rushed to John