A person is dead after the car they were driving crashed and caught fire in Greenwich Friday morning.

The police department said a motor vehicle crash happened near the Byram Park entrance on Ritch Avenue West around 5:15 a.m.

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Responding officers found a car on fire, which was extinguished by fire officials a short time later. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Greenwich Police Department Traffic Division and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is conducting an investigation.

The area where the crash happened was closed, but has since reopened. No additional information was immediately available.

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