CROMWELL, Conn. — A Connecticut state representative was killed overnight in a wrong-way highway crash after having attended the governor’s inaugural ball and his own swearing-in ceremony for a third term, House Democratic leaders said Thursday.
Quentin Williams, a Democrat from Middletown known as “Q,” died in the crash on Route 9 in Cromwell.
State police said both drivers were killed and one of the vehicles became fully engulfed in flames.
Connecticut State Representative Quentin “Q” Willams.
CT House DemocratsSpeaker of the House Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, and Majority Leader Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford, issued a statement saying Williams’ family had announced the lawmaker’s death.