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Cousins Close In Life, Death
May 22, 2003
By ROSELYN TANTRAPHOL, Courant Staff Writer
WINDSOR LOCKS -- Joshua K. Zononi and his cousin, Justin Blow, were born the same year, just six months apart, and grew up together.
"They went to school together, they graduated together," said Pat Ruggiero, the teens' grandfather. "They planned their vacations together. They were going to go to Las Vegas, drive out there."
"They did everything together," Ruggiero said, adding quietly, "including dying I guess."
The two recent high school graduates from Windsor Locks, riding in the same car Tuesday evening, died in a fiery one-car crash on I-91. State police said that Zononi's two-door 2003 Nissan 350Z was southbound on the highway in Enfield when, according to witnesses, it began racing with two cars believed to be BMWs.
Around 8:30 p.m., near Exit 45 in East Windsor, the driver of the Nissan lost control, and the car went through the guardrail, rolling several times. Both teens were thrown from the car, which became engulfed in flames, according to police.
Zononi, 18, died at the scene, police said. Blow, 19, was taken by ambulance to Hartford Hospital, where he later died, according to the hospital and family members.
Sgt. J. Paul Vance, a state police spokesman, said that police are not making assumptions about who was driving the car.
Witnesses were unable to provide any information about the registration plates of the other two cars, and state police are asking anyone who saw the red Nissan, or what could have been the other two vehicles, to call Troop H at 860-534-1000.
"They could provide us with valuable information in this investigation," Vance said.
Wednesday, family and friends gathered at the Greenwood Road home where Joshua Zononi lived with his mother, Lee Zononi, and Ruggiero, the grandfather who helped raise him.
Lee Zononi lost her only son. Blow, who lived on North Street, was the oldest of four boys in his family. "Devastated," Ruggiero said. "Absolutely devastated."
The family said the teens, who graduated from Windsor Locks High School last year, enjoyed playing basketball together. Zononi had been an honors student and had enrolled at Asnuntuck Community College, but had taken time off from college to work. He planned on returning to school and eventually becoming a doctor.
Even at work the two cousins weren't far apart. Zononi worked as a Transportation Security Administration security guard at Bradley International Airport, and Blow worked at the Sheraton Hotel inside the airport, the family members said.
Family members said they are still waiting to hear from police exactly how the accident happened. Zononi, an enterprising computer whiz who bought his new car about a month ago, was not a fast driver, they said.
"He was afraid to drive fast," said Zononi's father, Ken, who is divorced from Lee Zononi, but lives nearby. "He wanted me to drive the car to see how fast it would go."
May 22, 2003
By ROSELYN TANTRAPHOL, Courant Staff Writer
WINDSOR LOCKS -- Joshua K. Zononi and his cousin, Justin Blow, were born the same year, just six months apart, and grew up together.
"They went to school together, they graduated together," said Pat Ruggiero, the teens' grandfather. "They planned their vacations together. They were going to go to Las Vegas, drive out there."
"They did everything together," Ruggiero said, adding quietly, "including dying I guess."
The two recent high school graduates from Windsor Locks, riding in the same car Tuesday evening, died in a fiery one-car crash on I-91. State police said that Zononi's two-door 2003 Nissan 350Z was southbound on the highway in Enfield when, according to witnesses, it began racing with two cars believed to be BMWs.
Around 8:30 p.m., near Exit 45 in East Windsor, the driver of the Nissan lost control, and the car went through the guardrail, rolling several times. Both teens were thrown from the car, which became engulfed in flames, according to police.
Zononi, 18, died at the scene, police said. Blow, 19, was taken by ambulance to Hartford Hospital, where he later died, according to the hospital and family members.
Sgt. J. Paul Vance, a state police spokesman, said that police are not making assumptions about who was driving the car.
Witnesses were unable to provide any information about the registration plates of the other two cars, and state police are asking anyone who saw the red Nissan, or what could have been the other two vehicles, to call Troop H at 860-534-1000.
"They could provide us with valuable information in this investigation," Vance said.
Wednesday, family and friends gathered at the Greenwood Road home where Joshua Zononi lived with his mother, Lee Zononi, and Ruggiero, the grandfather who helped raise him.
Lee Zononi lost her only son. Blow, who lived on North Street, was the oldest of four boys in his family. "Devastated," Ruggiero said. "Absolutely devastated."
The family said the teens, who graduated from Windsor Locks High School last year, enjoyed playing basketball together. Zononi had been an honors student and had enrolled at Asnuntuck Community College, but had taken time off from college to work. He planned on returning to school and eventually becoming a doctor.
Even at work the two cousins weren't far apart. Zononi worked as a Transportation Security Administration security guard at Bradley International Airport, and Blow worked at the Sheraton Hotel inside the airport, the family members said.
Family members said they are still waiting to hear from police exactly how the accident happened. Zononi, an enterprising computer whiz who bought his new car about a month ago, was not a fast driver, they said.
"He was afraid to drive fast," said Zononi's father, Ken, who is divorced from Lee Zononi, but lives nearby. "He wanted me to drive the car to see how fast it would go."
Yeah, this was sad. We commented on this the day after the accident happened. I actually had driven right past where the accident happened earlier in the day so this one really hit close to home.
We actually discussed the fact that, if not for this accident, we may have met these kids at our July 12th meet. This is very upsetting.
We actually discussed the fact that, if not for this accident, we may have met these kids at our July 12th meet. This is very upsetting.
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