Kimede Mustafaj ID’d As Wrong-Way Driver In Thursday Cromwell Fiery Crash That Killed CT State Rep Q Williams

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, CT. (THECOUNT) — Kimede Mustafaj, of Manchester, Connecticut, has been identified as the wrong-way driver in an overnight crash that killed State Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams in Middlesex County.

Williams, 39, (pictured,) was killed in a wrong-way crash involving 27-year-old Mustafaj early Thursday morning in Cromwell.

According to reports, Mustafaj was operating a vehicle the wrong-way on on Route 9 near Exit 18 in Cromwell, when the vehicle came into head-on contact with a vehicle operated by Williams around 1 a.m. Thursday. Both vehicles then burst into flames.

Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma and thermal injuries.

Williams was sworn in for his third term in office Wednesday and appointed to serve as co-chair of the legislature’s labor committee.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Middlesex County is a county in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the population was 165,676. The county was created in May 1785 from portions of Hartford County and New London County – Wikipedia.