Crime & Safety

21-Year-Old in Critical Condition Following Woodbridge Crash

The accident, which shut down Route 63 on Thursday night, remains under investigation.


Woodbridge police continue to investigate the cause of an accident that sent two people to the hospital Thursday night.

Meanwhile, one victim, a 21-year-old Milford resident who police identified as Michael Mingrone, is listed in critical condition today, according to a Yale-New Haven Hospital spokesman reached for comment at 1:15 p.m.

The two-vehicle accident took place just after 4 p.m. on March 7, as a winter storm began to drop precipitation. Both vehicles collided at the intersection of North Pease Road and Center Road, according to a report provided by the Woodbridge Police Department.

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Mingrone, who had to be extricated by the Woodbridge Fire Department, was operating a 2005 Toyota southbound on North Pease Road, police said.

The other operator, Koren Torre, 31, of Watertown, was operating a 2007 Hyundai west on Center Road, according to the report.

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Police said both operators were transported by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment. Yale-New Haven said they had no record of a patient by the name of Koren Torre.


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