“Identity Revealed?” Driver Involved In Stratford Crash That Resulted In 4 Fatalities

In Stratford, on Tuesday, May 14, at 1:45 a.m., the state Medical Examiner’s Office positively identified Alexander Dennis, a 21-year-old resident of Wayland, Middlesex County, in Massachusetts, as the driver of a 2016 Honda CRV traveling the incorrect way on the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) in Fairfield County.

When the 2010 Chrysler Country Touring van was struck head-on by the Honda, according to State Police, it was driving north in the southbound lanes.

Dennis’s identity was obscured when both vehicles caught fire.

Together with Dennis, two Fairfield County relatives, and the van’s driver also perished in the collision. They were:

The 65-year-old Steven Rowland of Easton, 80-year-old Easton resident Thomas Lucian Vitale, and Olga Vitale of Easton, aged eighty-one.

Following the completion of his junior year, Dennis, a member of the university’s Class of 2025, was returning home, the university reported.

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“Jennifer Anderson, vice president of marketing and communications, at Fairfield University, received word early yesterday morning from Alexander Dennis’s family, a beloved student who passed away in a tragic car accident,” Anderson stated.

“As our University community mourns, we hold the Dennis family, friends, and all of those impacted in our prayers during this difficult time.”

In the autumn, when students return to campus, Anderson said the University would come together as a community to honor Dennis’s life.

The crash is still being investigated, according to state police.

Please call Troop G at 203-696-2500 if you are a witness.