Crime & Safety
Rocky Hill Resident Killed in Motorcycle Accident
Motor vehicle accident in downtown Hartford Wednesday night leaves one dead and two injured.
A 25-year-old Rocky Hill resident was killed in a motorcycle crash in downtown Hartford Wednesday night.
Bryant Berlin of Grimes Road was driving on Main Street just after 6:30 p.m., Hartford Police said in a release. When Berlin came to the intersection of Main Street and Atheneum Square, he "t-boned" a Dodge Magnum, police said.
Berlin was pronounced dead at the scene. The two people in the Dodge Magnum were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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Police said Berlin's motorcycle caught on fire.
At the same time, another motorcycle collided with a city bus and the driver of the motorcycle was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injures, police said.
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Hartford Police are still investigating both accidents.
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