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Man, 86, rescued from car that crashed into Killingly river

A man was rescued from a car in Killingly over the weekend after it went off the road and plummeted 25 feet into a river, state police said.

The crash happened about 11:15 a.m. Saturday when Mohammed Elkennawi, 86, of the Central Village section of Plainfield, was driving a 2004 Jaguar north on Main Street, they said.

A man was rescued from a car that plummeted some 25 feet into a river in the Danielson section of Killingly Saturday, firefighters say.
A man was rescued from a car that plummeted some 25 feet into a river in the Danielson section of Killingly Saturday, firefighters say.

Police said he rounded a corner and the car crossed over to the right shoulder, jumped a curb and went off the road.