Recalling 'The Good Things' About Southington Girls In Fatal Crash - Hartford Courant
SOUTHINGTON — About 300 mourners, most of them teenagers, flocked to the high school softball field Wednesday at 6 p. m. to remember two girls killed in a one-car crash the day before on I-84. "We want to remember the good things of their lives,... Both girls died at the scene of the crash, state police said. Olender was driving a 2006 Hyundai Accent eastbound on I-84 when it crashed at about 2:50 p. m. just west of Exit 32. The car, registered to her father, James Olender, ended up in the median between the eastbound and westbound lanes, state police... Olender had a learner's permit but not a valid driver's license, said William Seymour, spokesman for the state Department of Motor Vehicles. Olender's mother, Angelina Olender, said state police informed her about her daughter's death Tuesday afternoon while she was stuck in traffic on I-84 due to the fatal crash. She said that she'd had a FaceTime call with her daughter at about 2:30 p. m. , but that she did not know where her daughter was going at the time of the accident. The accident was reported cleared about 7:30 p. m. Angelina Olender said state police told her it would take about two months to reconstruct the accident and determine the cause. Source: www.courant.com
