By Associated Press - Sunday, April 2, 2017

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) - State police say a man has died after his car crashed into a tree in the median of Route 9 near the Essex-Old Saybrook line.

Troopers say they responded to the accident shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday.

The driver killed in the crash was identified as 38-year-old Keith Engle of Bristol. He was the only person in the car.

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State police say Engle was driving northbound when the car went off the road, struck a wire barrier and hit a tree in the median.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call state police.

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