Early Morning CT Crash Kills West Greenwich Man, Injures 2 Coventry Men

Reported by Elissa Bass, Editor, Ledyard Patch

A West Greenwich man was killed and two Coventry residents were injured in an early morning crash on Lantern Hill Road near the North Stonington town line in Ledyard, CT.

The one-car crash happened at 2:24 a.m., near 633 Lantern Hill Road, according to a press release from Ledyard police Lt. Michael Finkelstein.

Killed was Ryan Partridge, 25, of 69 Robin Hollow Rd., West Greenwich who was "found to be trapped in the front passenger seat of the vehicle which was down a steep embankment." 

Coventry residents Michael Paolantonio, 28, of 177 Perry Hill Rd., and David Governo, 25, of 6025 Flat River Rd. were in the roadway when emergency responders arrived, and were taken to William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich for treatment.

The accident remains under investigation by the Ledyard Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team and the Connecticut State Police. According to Lt. Finkelstein's report, "initial investigation has determined that the vehicle involved was traveling south on Lantern Hill Road when it left the travel portion of the roadway to the west, traveled down a steep embankment and overturned before coming to rest."

Officers from the Ledyard Police Department and Troopers from the Connecticut State Police; Ledyard Fire Department, Gales Ferry Fire Department, North Stonington Fire Department, Center Groton Fire Department, Ledyard Volunteer Emergency Squad, North Stonington Ambulance, American Ambulance, and Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Paramedics responded to the scene.