
Two young children were killed in a crash on Route 8 in Beacon Falls on Sunday afternoon. Connecticut State Police said the crash was reported just before 3:30 p.m. on Route 8 North about a half mile past Exit 23 where a 40-year-old Oxford man, driving a Ford F-600 Super Duty pickup truck, struck the rear of a Honda Civic occupied by two adults and two children, ages 6 and 3. Both motorists had been driving in the left lane before the collision, after which both vehicles ended up in...