Driver dead after speeding, crashing into pole on Route 12: Groton police

A man is dead after crashing into a pole while speeding, Groton Town police said. Just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, a Groton Town patrol officer saw the car speed through a red light on Route 12. Police said the officer saw the car, a 1996 Geo Prizm, make an illegal U-turn through another red light near Pleasant Valley Road South....