Authorities have released the identities of the two people killed in a three-vehicle crash early Thursday, Oct. 16 on Route 69 in Prospect.

The crash happened around 5:21 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the intersection of Talmadge Hill Road, according to a report from Connecticut State Police Troop I in Bethany.

Investigators said a 43-year-old man from West Haven was driving a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ north on Route 69 when a southbound 2024 Tesla Model Y, driven by 57-year-old Andrew Kozel of Avon Park, Florida, was hit by a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Trail Boss traveling behind it.

Police said the 22-year-old Waterbury man driving the second Silverado tried to pass Kozel’s Tesla when his truck struck the car, causing it to spin into the northbound lane and collide with the

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