VIDEO: Police have identified the four people who died after the SUV they were in crashed into a building in Waterbury, officials said. The crash caused a partial collapse of the building.
Just before 1 a.m. Thursday, Waterbury police and first responders were called to the area of Maple Avenue and Cherry Street due to a report of a single-vehicle crash into a building. Officials said there were four people inside the vehicle. Three of the occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth person was rushed to a nearby hospital, where they later died from their injuries.
Kayden Torres, 20, Nelson Torres, 25, Noel Torres, 15, and Jonathan Puszka, 20, all from Waterbury, died as a result of the crash according to police.
Police said that their preliminary findings showed the BMW X5 was traveling northbound on Baldwin Street when it crossed the intersection at East Main Street. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it hit the building at 45 Cherry St.
Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said the investigation will take time to complete, but that speeding could have been a factor in this incident.โฏ โI reviewed some surveillance footage of the particular accident. In my opinion, speed is going to play a role in this particular investigation, but there will be a lot more to it than that,โ Spagnolo said.
Police said no one was inside the building at the time of the crash or partial collapse. The building owner was notified, officials said. Waterbury’s crash reconstruction team was at the scene and Cherry Street was closed in the area as the investigation was underway. It has since reopened.
