LEDYARD, CT — A 59-year-old Ledyard man was killed Wednesday night in a collision in Franklin, state police said.

Clarence Montgomery was traveling on Route 32 shortly before 11 p.m. when his car veered from the northbound lane into the southbound lane and struck another vehicle, head-on, police said.

Montgomery and the other driver were transported to William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich. Montgomery died from his injuries. The other driver sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to a Connecticut State Police Troop K press release.