Driver charged in fiery highway bridge crash in Connecticut dies of cancer

A Connecticut man charged with causing a fiery crash that shut down a major highway bridge and killed a truck driver has died of cancer. Reginald Collins, 60, died on Dec. 1, prompting the negligent homicide and other charges he faced to be officially dropped in New London Superior Court earlier this month, The Day reports. State police said the New London resident caused an April 2023 crash on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge.