Wethersfield police have identified three people who were killed in two crashes 12 hours apart on this stretch of the Silas Deane Highway on Nov. 25.
Wethersfield police have identified three people who were killed in two crashes 12 hours apart on this stretch of the Silas Deane Highway on Nov. 25.
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The family of a woman killed in a crash in Wethersfield last month said she had an infectious smile and a big heart.
According to her GoFundMe, Zenja Ortiz, a 35-year-old Hartford woman, was killed on Nov. 25 in a head-on crash on the Silas Deane Highway.
Ivette Rivera, Ortiz’s mother, said on the fundraising page that her family is asking donations to aid in covering funeral costs as well as medical expenses for Ortiz’s support dog Kylo, who was the sole survivor of the crash.
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“With an infectious smile and even more infectious laugh; our beautiful daughter has passed,” she said. “Her brilliance and wit was one of the many qualities that drew people to her. With such a big heart Zenja would go out of her way to support others through her faith in God.”
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Rivera said Ortiz’s wake would be at the Hartford Community Funeral Home on Maple Avenue in Hartford from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Friday, Wethersfield police named the three people killed in two separate crashes on the Silas Deane Highway the previous weekend. They said the first was David J. Lopez, 23, of Wethersfield, who died of his injuries sustained when his vehicle hit a garbage truck around 2:40 a.m.
Later that day, police said, at about 2:30 p.m., Ortiz and Jerry Kapij, a 77-year-old Wethersfield man, were killed in a head-one crash just up the same road. Both Ortiz and Kapij were taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead.
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Josh LaBella is a breaking news reporter and former reporter for the Fairfield Citizen. He has been with Hearst Connecticut Media Group since 2020. When not working, he can be found playing video games or Dungeons & Dragons, reading, hiking or hanging with friends.
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