Car crashes on Connecticut roads increase between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which has become known as the 100 deadliest days for drivers.

Garrett Eucalitto is the state’s transportation commissioner. He said teen drivers are particularly affected.

“Inexperience, overconfidence and distraction are a dangerous mix, and every summer, consequences are fatal,” Eucalitto said. “Between 2020 and 2023, 23 teen drivers lost their lives on our roads. That’s 23 futures cut short and 23 families forever changed. But this isn’t just a teen problem, it's really a public safety and a public health crisis.”

Grace Johnson, a Madison student, survived a teen car crash.

“There were five of us in the car, and the music was blasting. We were going around a sharp turn. We veered off the road, jumped a roc

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