Police: 4-car accident in Meriden kills Wallingford man

MERIDEN — A car accident involving four cars on Interstate 91 Friday afternoon killed an 81-year-old Wallingford man, Connecticut State Police said Friday.

Around 1:54 p.m. Friday, four cars were driving behind one another in the far right lane. The traffic was “heavy and slowing” on the southbound part of the highway, according to an accident report from Connecticut State Police.

Robert Holcomb, 81, of Wallingford was driving his Nissan Frontier when he struck the rear of a 2012 Ford Focus. This caused the Ford Focus to hit the car in front, a 2015 Honda Accord, which then hit the leading car, a 2011 Nissan Murano, according to police.

Holcomb sustained traumatic and life threatening injuries. Emergency medical personnel tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead on scene, police said.

The driver of the Ford Focus, a 23-year-old woman from Pomfret Center, had possible injuries and was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, according to the accident report.

The southbound lanes of near Exit 18 were closed for approximately three hours, police said.

If anyone has any information regarding the incident, they should contact Trooper Cormier with the Connecticut State Police a t203-393-4200.