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One person is dead and another was taken to a hospital following a head-on crash in Wallingford on Thursday evening.

The collision occurred on Grieb Road between Leigus Road and Fairlawn Drive where crews responded just before 6:30 p.m. on a report of a two-vehicle head-on crash, according to John Ventura, chief of the Wallingford Police Department .

The driver of a Saab, 38-year-old Jason Miller, was pronounced dead at the scene, Ventura said.

A preliminary investigation found that Miller was headed west on Grieb Road when the vehicle collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven in the opposite direction, according to Ventura. The driver of the Grand Cherokee, a 74-year-old man, was taken to a hospital for an evaluation, Ventura said.

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