WOODBURY, Conn. - The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has died in a traffic accident in Connecticut.

State police say 67-year-old Katherine Ann Berman was one of two victims in the two-vehicle crash yesterday in Woodbury. The two had been married since 1983.

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ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement the death is a "devastating tragedy and difficult to comprehend" and pledged to give Chris Berman "the love and support he will surely need in this hour.