Five-Car Crash In Milford Sends 11 To Hospitals

A five-car crash on I-95 early Saturday sent 11 people to area hospitals with serious to minor injuries.

A Volkswagen Jetta that lost control at the northbound Exit 38 on-ramp was hit by three cars driving north on the highway, and one of the passengers in the Jetta was hit by a fourth car trying to avoid the accident, state police said.

Lisa Sanchez, 30, of Shelton, was driving the Jetta, which lost control on wet pavement at 12:04 a.m. Saturday.

According to the accident report, the Jetta skidded into the center lane of the three-lane highway, and spun around to face oncoming traffic. Sanchez and her two passengers, Norma Sanchez, 33, of Ansonia, and Antonio Dossantos, 21, of Bridgeport, were trying to exit the car when a Nissan Altima, driven by Paul Violano II of Branford, hit the Jetta head on.