Rocky Hill Man Dies in Berlin Car Crash

A local man died Tuesday after sustaining fatal injuries in a two-car crash on Wethersfield Road in Berlin.   

Berlin police said James Karam, 46, of Rocky Hill, was driving southbound when around 9:30 p.m. he struck a vehicle being driven by Nancy Benford, 67, of Berlin, near the intersection between Wethersfield and Beckley roads. 

Karam was airlifted via a LifeStar helicopter to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford however his injures were fatal and he did not survive, police said.   

Benford was taken to an unspecified hospital where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries.   

The Mid-State Accident Reconstruction Squad is handling the investigation.  

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Officer Robert Canto of the Berlin Police Department at 860-828-7082

Editor's Note: Berlin Police initially reported James Karam's name as spelled Karem. We contacted the police have since corrected this story. The original version was published on Wednesday, May 15.