A woman was killed on her 21st birthday when two Teslas collided in a head-on collision in Griswold on Sunday.

The collision occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on Preston Road where a 42-year-old Griswold man, driving a 2024 Tesla Model Y, was heading south when he crossed over into the northbound lane and hit a 2021 Tesla Model Y which was headed north, according to Connecticut State Police .

A front seat passenger in the 2021 Tesla, Alexis Ann Newcomb of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, suffered serious injuries and was taken to William W. Backus Hospital where she was pronounced dead, state police said. Newcomb had just turned 21 on the day of the crash, state police said.

The driver of the 2021 Tesla, a 23-year-old Ludlow, Massachusetts man, was taken to the same hospital with injuries susp

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