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Conn. motorist dies in accident with tour bus

Updated: Sunday, 05 Sep 2010, 11:29 AM EDT
Published : Sunday, 05 Sep 2010, 11:29 AM EDT

PLAINFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut motorist is dead after police say his car hit the rear of a tour bus heading to the Foxwoods Resort Casino.

State Police said both vehicles were traveling south of Interstate 395 on Saturday when the accident occurred about a mile north of Plainfield. Police said the car hit the rear of the bus and the driver was trapped inside. Eighty-four-year-old Peter P.
Klotz of Brooklyn, Conn., was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said none of the 44 passengers or the driver aboard the Tours R Us bus was injured. The bus company operates out of Lawrence, Mass.

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