A man is dead after the tractor-trailer he was driving went off the road and struck a utility pole and a guardrail on Route 32 in Willington early Tuesday. Emergency crews responded to reports of the crash in the area where Route 32 intersects with Trask Road at 5:52 a.

Connecticut State Police said Windsor Locks resident Jeffrey Vincent Benis died after his tractor-trailer hit a utility pole on Route 32 in Willington.

State police say a driver is dead after a tractor-trailer crashed into a utility pole off Route 32 Tuesday morning. The crash happened on River Road/Route 32 in the area of Trask Road around 5:52 a.m.