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State police ask for witnesses to deadly Shelton crash

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State police said they are looking for witnesses to a deadly, one-car crash in Shelton Thursday.

The wreck happened about 4:50 p.m. on Route 8 south, one mile north of Exit 12, they said. Demar K. Thompson, 46, of Bridgeport was driving a 2002 Land Rover Range Rover south when he lost control.

The Range Rover went off the road, down an embankment and into a wooded area, where it struck a tree, state police said. Thompson was take to Bridgeport Hospital, where he later died.

Anyone who saw the crash or has footage of it on a dashboard camera is asked to contact Trooper Taylor Norton of the Troop I barracks in Bethany at 203-393-4200 or taylor.