BREAKING NEWS: Firefighters Responds To Car Into Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT

1:08pm: Further Information from Middletown Mayor, This morning shortly before 10 a.m., a man in his twenties drove his vehicle into the walk-in entrance of Middlesex Hospital’s emergency department on Crescent Street. Based on witness statements, we believe he then set himself on fire.
At this time we believe this is an isolated incident. No one else was hurt. 

There were multiple additional gasoline cans inside the vehicle. As a precautionary measure, we have called in assistance from other municipal, state and federal authorities to assist us in clearing this vehicle and clearing this individual’s home prior to police entering it. We are also evacuating the homes in the immediate vicinity around his home.

The emergency room and the buildings around it have been evacuated pending a more detailed search by state and federal authorities of the vehicle. Representatives of Middlesex Hospital will speak in a moment in more detail about the hospital’s response.

Also out of an abundance of caution we have called in additional police officers and sent them to secure other important public facilities, including our schools, though we have no reason to believe that any of those facilities or people within them, are in danger. 

We are not releasing this individual’s name and personal information at this time. He was transported by Lifestar to the burn center at Bridgeport Hospital.

We have opened the city’s emergency operations center and it is staffed with representatives of each pertinent city agency and representatives of Middlesex Hospital and the Middletown Schools.

I want to be clear that it’s early in the investigation and we do not know this individual’s motives.

We'll likely hold another briefing later this afternoon or early this evening and will keep you posted.

1:02pm Update: Middletown Mayor Daniel Drew said the man who crashed into Middlesex Hospital this morning is believed to have set himself on fire. There were multiple cans of gasoline in the car.
10:31am Update: Companies in #Middletown evacuating the hospital second floor, #Lifestar en route for 1 male w/severe burns, fire is k/d, all companies engaged.
BREAKING NEWS: Middletown, Connecticut - Firefighters responds to car into the emergency entrance of Middlesex Hospital on Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 in Middletown, Connecticut.

2nd-alarm was requested as the car was fully involved, firefighter reports fire out.

Unknown injuries.