A 27-year-old New London man has died after a rollover crash in Ledyard on Thursday night. Police said the driver crashed after speeding off from a traffic stop.
An officer stopped the driver around 9:36 p.m. for speeding and the driver sped away from the traffic stop, police said.
The officer as well as several witnesses saw the driver passing vehicles as she went north on Route 12, police said.
Minutes later, Ledyard dispatch started receiving calls about a rollover crash on Route 12, near Holmberg’s Orchard.
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Police said they arrived to find the vehicle was the same one the officer had stopped.
One passenger, 27-year-old Aaron Baldwin Jr. of New London, was trapped in the vehicle and had to be extracted, police said.
The driver and the other passenger were able to get out of the vehicle.
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All three were then transported by ambulance to Backus Hospital in Norwich.
Police said medical personnel pronounced Baldwin dead at the hospital at 10:46 p.m.
The Regional Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash.
Anyone who has information about it is asked to o call the Ledyard Police Department at (860) 464-6400.
