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Multiple people dead in Waterbury crash 4/24/25 – WFSB
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By Kimberlyn Bouley, Roger Susanin and Owen Kingsley
Published: Apr. 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM ម៉ោងសកល +7|Updated: Apr. 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM ម៉ោងសកល +7
WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) – Four people died when a BMW crashed into a corner store in Waterbury.
Police identified the people who died as Nelson Torres, 25, Jayden Torres, 20, Noel Torres, 15, and Johnaven Puszka, 20, all from Waterbury.
According to police, the Torres brothers were siblings.
Noel Torres was a student in the Waterbury Public School system.
The district said it has been offering counseling to other students.
A vigil was set up just steps away from the crash scene. Its candles remained burning into Friday morning.
Officers responded to Cherry Street around 12:45 a.m. on Thursday.
They said the BMW sedan slammed into the Hernandez Market and partially collapsed the building.
Police responded to a crash on Cherry Street in Waterbury. Four people were killed when a BMW…
Police responded to a crash on Cherry Street in Waterbury. Four people were killed when a BMW struck a corner store on April 24, 2025.(WFSB)
Cherry Street was closed from East Main to Walnut streets.
Emergency responders remained on scene well into the daylight hours.
The area reopened around 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Four people were killed when a BMW slammed into the Hernandez Market in Waterbury during the…
Four people were killed when a BMW slammed into the Hernandez Market in Waterbury during the early morning hours of April 24, 2025, police said.(WFSB)
According to police, the driver headed down Baldwin Street onto Cherry Street and lost control. The vehicle smashed into the building.
Police have not identified the driver.
They said three of the four people in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. The fourth was transported to a hospital and died there.
No one was inside the business when it was hit.
Waterbury police Chief Fernando Spagnolo noted during a Thursday morning news conference that the vehicle did not appear to have been stolen.
“I have reviewed some surveillance footage of the particular accident, and in my opinion, speed is going to play a role in this particular investigation,” Spagnolo said. “But they’ll be a lot more to it than that.”
A nearby resident recorded footage of the immediate aftermath.
The video, taken just seconds after the crash, showed the vehicle overturned on its roof as firefighters worked to remove debris to reach anyone who might have been trapped inside.
The neighbor who recorded it told Channel 3 that he was playing video games inside his home when he heard screeching tires followed by a loud crash.
“It was very scary. [I] woke up [Thursday] morning and started crying,” said Silvia Arroyo of Waterbury.
Arroyo said she was inside Hernandez Market and walking along Cherry Street just a couple hours before the crash.
“Their family passed away, and it’s not fair. Slow it down,” said Detriss Dawkins of Waterbury.
Dawkins said speed is a frequent problem in the neighborhood.
“Slow down. Because not only are you taking your life, you’re also taking other people’s lives, too,” Dawkins said.
Isabelle Martinez said she owns a restaurant that shares the building. She was forced to close due to the damage.
“It’s sad that I can’t open right now and I don’t know if the building is safe,” Martinez said. “We’re thinking about we don’t know what we are going to do.”
The restaurant opened just two months ago.
“My workers came and told me that the whole building was down. I was like, ‘what happened?’ So, I came running to see what happened,” Martinez said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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