Katherine Berman

WOODBURY, Conn. —Katherine Ann Berman, wife of ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman, was one of two people who died in a car crash in western Connecticut Tuesday.

The crash happened about 2:15 p.m. on a state road in Woodbury, state police said. In addition to Berman, 67, Edward Bertulis, 87, was killed, police said Wednesday morning.

Troopers are investigating the possibility that Bertulis suffered a medical emergency right before Berman’s car crashed into the back of his car on Route 64 near Tuttle Road.

According to the state police, a 2003 Lexus SC 430 driven by Berman and 2003 Ford Escape X driven by Bertulis were headed east on Sherman Hill Road, about a mile and a half from the Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, at the time of the crash.

The Lexus rear-ended Bertulis’ Ford and continued traveling east, veering off the road to the right, state police said. The Lexus went down an embankment and overturned in a small body of water, state police said. The Ford also went off the road, striking a utility pole and landing in the middle of the road on its roof.