Police Respond to Fatal Accident on Parkway

A 31-year old Hartford woman died in a crash at Exit 58 (Route 34) on the Wilbur Cross Parkway Saturday afternoon around 12:30 p.m.

According to police, State Police, along with officers from Woodbridge and Orange were on the scene of a rollover accident on the Parkway between Exits 58 and 59 southbound, when a patient transport van that was stolen from Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford sped by and sideswiped a car that was in traffic near the original crash.

Asilin Dorsey, a rehab patient at Gaylord Hospital, stole the van and raced down the Parkway with State Troopers in pursuit. She reportedly struck several vehicles as she fled, and other state troopers from the original accident scene joined in the pursuit after she sped by.

Dorsey lost control and smashed into a tree at Exit 58, the scene of many other past fatal accidents, as she attempted to leave the Parkway, resulting in her death and tremendous damage to the front and passenger side of the van.

The exit was closed for a couple of hours during the investigation and clean up.

The accident is still under investigation and we will have more information when it becomes available.