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Today at about 8:45 a.m., a single-vehicle crash on Route 495 in Milford resulted in the death of the operator.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Darren Specht indicates that a 39-year-old man was traveling on Route 495 southbound in the area of exit 19 when his vehicle left the roadway, entered the median and crashed. The operator and sole occupant was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of this crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. State Police were assisted on scene by Milford Fire and EMS.
The identity of the operator is being withheld pending family notification.
