HARTFORD, Conn. — One person is dead and another person is critically injured after a two-vehicle crash in Hartford , police said.

Firefighters were called to the scene of the crash just before midnight on Albany Avenue. One of the vehicles was reported on fire, and someone had been thrown from one of the cars as well.

One person was thrown from their vehicle, the one that was engulfed in flames. Firefighters found the person lying in the middle of the road and worked with EMS for a trauma response. The person was rushed to a nearby hospital by EMS with critical injuries. Their condition is not known at this time.

The person inside the other vehicle was trapped and had to be extricated. Paramedics at the scene declared the person dead. Their identity has not been released at this time

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