The Connecticut state representative was driving home hours after being sworn in for a third term.
Middletown Democrat Quentin Williams, 39, died in the early morning hours of Jan. 5 as he returned home from Gov. Ned Lamont’s inaugural ball in Hartford. His car burst into flames after it was struck head-on by the wrong-way driver on Route 9 southbound in Cromwell.
FILE - State Rep. Quentin Williams, D-Middletown, center, applauds during Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's state of the state address on Jan. 4, 2023, in Hartford, Conn. Williams died in a crash early the next morning. The other driver, Kimede Mustafaj, 27, of Manchester, had a blood-alcohol level that was nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08, according to a toxicology report obtained by local media. Mustafaj also had THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in her system, the report says.
State police said Wednesday that the full accident report was not yet publicly available because it was still being reviewed. Authorities have placedState House Speaker Matt Ritter told lawmakers and Capitol reporters Tuesday that the state public safety commissioner, James Rovella, notified him that toxicology tests showed Williams was over the legal limit.
Ritter said he had not seen the report and it wasn’t clear what exactly Williams’ blood-alcohol level was. He said the news did not take anything away from Williams’ stature as a dedicated public worker and rising political star. “He was an incredible person and his legacy is, you know, to us ... the same legacy that he created and established ... with the work that he did in Middletown and for the state of Connecticut,” Ritter said.
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