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Abigail Rose Mann

Age : 29

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 08/23/2025

Location : Route 17 near Overlook Court

City : Portland

County : Middlesex

State : Connecticut

Agency : Glastonbury Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police pursuit crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/23/2025, shortly before noon, Glastonbury police responded to the intersection of Main Street/Route 17 and Great Pond Road after a caller reported a woman slumped over the steering wheel of a Toyota Camry. The driver was subsequently identified as 29-year-old Abigail Rose Mann of Meriden.
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Dash-camera footage later released by Glastonbury police shows an officer arriving with emergency lights and siren activated, getting out of the cruiser and approaching Mann's 2003 Toyota Camry. The officer found Mann unresponsive or apparently asleep behind the wheel while the vehicle was stopped at the intersection.
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The officer approached the passenger side of the Camry and attempted to open the door. After Mann became alert, the officer ordered her to put the vehicle in park, turn off the engine and open the door. Mann instead drove away while the officer was beside the vehicle. The officer returned to the patrol car and began pursuing her south on Route 17.
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The pursuit continued toward the Glastonbury-Portland town line. Police video and later reporting established that the Glastonbury officer was ordered to terminate the pursuit near Rockwood Drive. The officer disengaged before Mann crossed farther into Portland.
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A short time later, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Mann was driving south on Route 17 in Portland near Overlook Court when she lost control of the Camry. The car rotated sideways and crossed into the northbound lane.
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A northbound 2016 Honda Pilot carrying an adult woman and a teenage passenger struck Mann's Camry. Mann was the only person in the Camry and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two people in the Honda were treated at the scene and transported to a hospital with injuries later described as non-life-threatening.
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Portland police investigated the fatal collision and asked witnesses to contact Officer Joshua Bailey. The department subsequently identified Mann on 08/27/2025 after notification of her family.
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Later-released police video provided important additional evidence about the encounter preceding the crash, establishing that the Glastonbury officer briefly pursued Mann after she drove away and that police terminated the pursuit before the fatal collision.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Glastonbury police officer who approached Abigail Mann and subsequently pursued her has not been publicly identified.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/portland-route-17-crash-20943709.php
https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/portland-route-17-fatal-crash-id-abigail-mann-21017938.php
https://www.ctinsider.com/journalinquirer/article/glastonbury-police-chase-video-portland-fatal-mann-21020002.php
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/08/23/police-investigate-serious-crash-portland/
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/09/03/bodycam-video-shows-moments-before-deadly-portland-crash/