HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Two people were killed when trees fell on their vehicles as strong winds swept across Southern New England and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.
A man was killed in Oxford, Massachusetts, and another person died in Columbia, Connecticut, after trees fell on their vehicles. Police have identified the man killed in Columbia as 40-year-old James Marcelynas, of Wethersfield. Two other people were hurt when a tree fell on a van near the Orange-Derby line in Connecticut.
The National Weather Service says wind gusts of nearly 60 mph hit the region Thursday. There were numerous reports of downed trees and power lines.
More than 38,000 outages were reported during the day in Massachusetts, more than 11,000 in Connecticut and more than 5,000 in Rhode Island.
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