A driver who crashed Saturday into a tree off Cooper Hill road, just a few miles south of the Hampden County line, has died, according to the Granby Department of Police Services.
GRANBY, Conn. -- A woman who crashed her car into a tree off Cooper Hill road around 2:11 p.m. Saturday in Granby, just south of the Hampden County border, has died, according to the Granby Department of Police Services.
The crash occurred near the intersection of Peterson Road, just a few miles south of the Southwick town line.
The woman, whom police have declined to identify until her family is notified, had to be extricated from the car. She was rushed to Hartford Hospital, where she initially was listed in critical condition but later succumbed to her injuries, police said.
Firefighters from the Lost Acres Fire Department and Granby Ambulance responded to the incident.
Police said the woman has been tentatively identified, but she wasn't carrying identification at the time of the crash. Investigators are trying to reach her family before making a positive identification and publicly releasing her name.
The woman was eastbound on Copper Hill Road before hitting a tree at the side of the road near the intersection of Peterson Road.
A preliminary police probe indicates the woman was driving at a high rate of speed, which investigators believe contributed to the crash and to the "extent of her injuries."
Granby police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them at (860) 844-5334.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a fatal car crash in Granby, Conn., on Saturday: