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Man Killed In 4-Car Crash, Snarling Traffic On Merritt Parkway In New Canaan Man Killed In 4-Car Crash, Snarling Traffic On Merritt Parkway In New Canaan
Man Killed In 4-Car Crash, Snarling Traffic On Merritt Parkway In New Canaan A man was killed following a multi-vehicle collision that caused lengthy delays on a busy Connecticut highway. The crash happened in Fairfield County on Tuesday, Nov. 26 just after 3 p.m., when four vehicles became involved in an incident on the northbound Merritt Parkway (Route 15)  in New Canaan just before Exit 37, Connecticut State Police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 27. According to authorities, the incident began when a 2015 Lexus 350 RC struck a 2020 Kia Forte in the right lane that had been slowing down. The Kia then hit the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup it had been traveling behind i…

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by Ben Crnic
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'I Never Intended To Shoot Anyone': Man Turns Himself In Over Road Rage Incident 'I Never Intended To Shoot Anyone': Man Turns Himself In Over Road Rage Incident
'I Never Intended To Shoot Anyone': Man Turns Himself In Over Road Rage Incident A 69-year-old Connecticut man said he didn't plan to shoot anyone after waving his pistol at a driver who had cut him off in traffic, authorities said.  Joaquim Pereira, of Wethersfield of Hartford County, is charged with first-degree threatening with a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, and second-degree breach of peace in connection with the road rage incident, Connecticut State Police said. Pereira turned himself over to police on an unrelated warrant on Thursday, Oct. 30.  The alleged incident happened on Aug. 10, when a driver said they "accidentally" cut …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: 34-Year-Old From Norwalk ID'd As Victim On Route 8 In Trumbull Fatal Crash: 34-Year-Old From Norwalk ID'd As Victim On Route 8 In Trumbull
Fatal Crash: 34-Year-Old From Norwalk ID'd As Victim On Route 8 In Trumbull A 34-year-old man was killed in a crash when the Jeep he was driving collided with a Toyota Supra that was merging onto a roadway in Fairfield County. The crash took place in Trumbull on Route 8 around 8:25 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6 in the southbound lanes near Exit 8, said the Connecticut State Police.  Killed in the crash was Norwalk resident Daniel Demichael, who was driving a 2004 Jeep Wrangler, state police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Demichael was traveling in the right lane on Route 8 South when the Toyota was merging onto Route 8 South via the …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Road Rage: Brake-Checking Leads To Roadside Fight Involving Guns In Greenwich, Police Say Road Rage: Brake-Checking Leads To Roadside Fight Involving Guns In Greenwich, Police Say
Road Rage: Brake-Checking Leads To Roadside Fight Involving Guns In Greenwich, Police Say Three men face charges in connection with a roadside fight involving firearms that was prompted by one of the suspects brake-checking motorcyclists on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County, police said.  The incident began on Tuesday, June 13 just after 7 p.m., when state troopers responded to the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) northbound in Greenwich by Exit 28 on a report of an active assault, according to state police.  The call for police assistance had come from 43-year-old Shelton resident Marvin Harris, who told troopers that he was being actively assaulted by a group of moto…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Moose Struck, Killed By Car On CT Highway Moose Struck, Killed By Car On CT Highway
Moose Struck, Killed By Car On CT Highway Days after state officials put out warning for drivers to be on the lookout for moose along the state's highways, one was hit and killed by a vehicle. The incident took place in New Haven County around 6:50 a.m., Wednesday, May 17 in North Haven on northbound Route 15 -- known as the Wilbur Cross Parkway -- near exit 63, said the Connecticut State Police. The driver of the vehicle was not injured but the moose was killed, state police said. The Department of Transportation removed the moose from the scene, and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wildlife Division wi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Bridgeport Man Killed, 3 Others Hospitalized In Shooting On Route 15 Bridgeport Man Killed, 3 Others Hospitalized In Shooting On Route 15
Bridgeport Man Killed, 3 Others Hospitalized In Shooting On Route 15 A Fairfield County man is dead and three others hospitalized after a shooting on a stretch of Route 15. Troopers assigned to Troop I in Bethany responded to a report of individuals in a vehicle who had sustained gunshot wounds on the southbound side in the area of Exit 60, in the town of Hamden, just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1. Troopers located an individual in the driver’s seat of the vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound, who was pronounced dead at the scene, Connecticut State Police said. He's been identified as Adrian Lopez, age 23, of Bridgeport. Th…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
16 Bridgeport High School Students Injured In Bus Crash, State Police Say 16 Bridgeport High School Students Injured In Bus Crash, State Police Say
16 Bridgeport High School Students Injured In Bus Crash, State Police Say A school bus carrying 29 high school students was involved in a single-vehicle crash that injured more than a dozen. The crash took place in Hartford County around 1:20 p.m., Monday, Dec. 12 on Route 15 in East Hartford. Sixteen students, most 16, and 17 years old, from Bridgeport, received minor injuries in the crash after the driver lost control of the bus and hit a concrete barrier twice on the highway off-ramp, said the Connecticut State Police. State police said the crash occurred when the driver attempted to negotiate the left curve on the ramp but was unable to do so and the bus str…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
State Police Announce Times, Locations For Labor Day Weekend DUI/Sobriety Checkpoints State Police Announce Times, Locations For Labor Day Weekend DUI/Sobriety Checkpoints
State Police Announce Times, Locations For Labor Day Weekend DUI/Sobriety Checkpoints As drivers gear up for the long Labor Day weekend, Connecticut State Police are increasing patrols to catch drunk, impaired, and reckless drivers. State police said troopers throughout the state will be conducting roving DUI patrols from midnight Friday, Sept. 2, and continuing through Monday night, Sept. 5. Troopers will also conduct two DUI/sobriety checkpoint operations over the weekend, both in New Haven County. On Sunday, Sept. 4, state police will conduct a checkpoint in Meriden on the northbound exit from I-91 and Route 15 to East Main Street from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. the following mor…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Silver Alert Issued For 84-Year-Old Man Reported Missing In CT Silver Alert Issued For 84-Year-Old Man Reported Missing In CT
Silver Alert Issued For 84-Year-Old Man Reported Missing In CT Seen him? A Silver Alert has been issued by police in Connecticut as they attempt to locate a missing 84-year-old man who hasn’t been seen in more than a week. In New Haven County, the Hamden Police Department issued the alert for Thomas Passarello, who was last seen on Wednesday, December 8 at his home in the area of Dixwell Avenue and Route 15. Police said that Passarello is approximately 6-foot tall, weighing 165 pounds, balding, with a medium complexion. Investigators noted that he is known to frequent the area of the Hamden Library and Shop Rite on Dixwell Avenue. Anyone with inform…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Who Fell From Overpass Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle On Route 15, CT State Police Say Man Who Fell From Overpass Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle On Route 15, CT State Police Say
Man Who Fell From Overpass Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle On Route 15, CT State Police Say A Connecticut man was killed after falling off an overpass and being struck by a vehicle on Route 15, State Police said. State Police troopers were called to the southbound lanes of Route 15 near exit 58 in the town of Woodbridge in New Haven County at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, where there were reports of a body in the roadway. According to police, upon arrival, troopers found New Haven resident Carmelo Agosto, age 42, whose body was in the right lane of the roadway after he was struck by the vehicle. Police said that Agosto was involved in a separate crash on the Route …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Killed, Six Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Tree, CT State Police Say Woman Killed, Six Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Tree, CT State Police Say
Woman Killed, Six Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Tree, CT State Police Say A woman was killed and six other people suffered serious injures in a single-vehicle crash in Connecticut. It happened just before 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 in New Haven County. The vehicle involved, a Honda Accord, was traveling northbound on Route 15 near Exit 58 in Woodbridge, when the vehicle veered into the right shoulder before striking a tree, according to state police. The victim has been identified as a passenger in the Accord, Siryania Albino-De Fernandez, age 30 of Union City, New Jersey. She was rushed to Yale-New Haven where she was later pronounced dead, state police said. Tho…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
CT State Police Asking For Help In Fatal Crash That Killed 57-Year-Old Woman CT State Police Asking For Help In Fatal Crash That Killed 57-Year-Old Woman
CT State Police Asking For Help In Fatal Crash That Killed 57-Year-Old Woman State Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 57-year-old woman. Lisa Vecchitto, of Waterbury, was pronounced dead at the scene, which happened about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 when her 2007 Ford Focus suddenly went off the road in New Haven County on Route 15, in Hamden and into a wooded area where it hit a tree and burst into flames, said the Connecticut State Police. No one else was in the car. Although the crash remains under investigation, state police said they don’t know why Vecchitto lost control as the weather was …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
CT Wrong-Way Teenage Driver Who Caused Crash Admitted Smoking Pot Before Driving, Police Say CT Wrong-Way Teenage Driver Who Caused Crash Admitted Smoking Pot Before Driving, Police Say
CT Wrong-Way Teenage Driver Who Caused Crash Admitted Smoking Pot Before Driving, Police Say A Connecticut woman who was driving the wrong way on Route 15 and was involved in a two-vehicle crash has been arrested for allegedly driving while high on marijuana. Alma Robledo, age 19, of Hartford, was arrested on Monday, May 17, by Connecticut State Police for the crash which took place in February, said state police. According to police, Robledo was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of the highway when she collided with another vehicle in Meriden in New Haven County. Neither driver was injured, but Robledo admitted at the time of the crash to smoking marijuana prior to gett…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
COVID-19: Reduced Traffic Volume Results In Surge Of Speeding CT Motorists COVID-19: Reduced Traffic Volume Results In Surge Of Speeding CT Motorists
Covid-19: Reduced Traffic Volume Results In Surge Of Speeding CT Motorists Officials in Connecticut are urging drivers to hit the brakes and slow down on empty roadways during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, during the pandemic, highway traffic volumes have “sharply reduced,” and there has been an uptick in speeding at “extreme and dangerously high speeds.” In April, the percentage of drivers traveling faster than 80 mph has doubled, and in some cases has increased as much as eight-fold when compared to preceding months of 2020, including locations where the speed limit is 55 mph. Dat…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist From Bridgeport Seriously Injured In Route 15 Crash Motorcyclist From Bridgeport Seriously Injured In Route 15 Crash
Motorcyclist From Bridgeport Seriously Injured In Route 15 Crash A 29-year-old motorcyclist from Fairfield County suffered serious injuries after a driver made an illegal U-Turn on Route 15, Connecticut State Police said. Bridgeport resident Joao Maiolino was riding his 2009 Harley-Davidson northbound near exit 59 shortly before 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, police said. While driving, Kimberly Ann Slosek, 41, was traveling in the opposite direction when she used the emergency turnaround in the central median of the highway. State Police said that as Slosek used the turnaround, she entered the northbound lanes, striking Maiolino’s motorcycle. Police sa…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Route 15 Speeding Stop Leads To Narcotics Charges For Trio Route 15 Speeding Stop Leads To Narcotics Charges For Trio
Route 15 Speeding Stop Leads To Narcotics Charges For Trio Three men from out of the area were busted by Connecticut State Police troopers after being stopped for speeding on Route 15 in Milford. Troopers stopped a 2018 Chevrolet Suburban at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, when it passed a patrol car at a high rate of speed north on Route 15 in the vicinity of exit 53. According to police, during the subsequent traffic stop, it was determined that there was marijuana present in the vehicle, prompting a further investigation by troopers. The search determined that the three parties were in possession of more than a half-ounce of mar…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
TV Show Filming Causes Route 15 Delays TV Show Filming Causes Route 15 Delays
TV Show Filming Causes Route 15 Delays The drivers of 10 high-end cars made for speed ended up holding tickets, but not for driving too fast.  Instead, they received citations for driving too slowly and backing up traffic for miles Sunday on Route 15 north and south near Heroes Tunnel (Hamden/New Haven), according to the Connecticut State Police. The incident took place around 10:30 a.m. when state police began receiving calls about the vehicles driving slowly and blocking both lanes of the highway so no other vehicles could pass, state police said. Troopers Thomas Glowacki and Timothy Ruppar were able to locate the accused veh…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman 23, Charged In Route 15 Crash That Killed Fairfield County Resident Woman 23, Charged In Route 15 Crash That Killed Fairfield County Resident
Woman 23, Charged In Route 15 Crash That Killed Fairfield County Resident A 23-year-old woman who had a blood alcohol content at twice the legal limit has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man during a crash on Route 15. Taylor Madison Stanford of Milford was arrested Friday by Connecticut State Police in connection with May 27, 2017, crash that took the life of Michael Zawadski, 45, of Stratford, said Trooper Kelly Grant.  The crash happened on the southbound Wilbur Cross Parkway in the town of Orange when both Stanford and Zawadski’s vehicles were traveling southbound near Exit 57. According to state police, Stanford’s Volkswagen Jetta was trave…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Expect Delays: Long Ridge Road Resurfacing Starts Expect Delays: Long Ridge Road Resurfacing Starts
Expect Delays: Long Ridge Road Resurfacing Starts There will be lane closures in Stamford for several days as crews begin a road resurfacing project in on Long Ridge Road. The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced that beginning on Monday, May 14, there will be a 2.7-mile project performed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the road that is expected to last through Friday, May 18. During the scope of the project, lane closures have been scheduled on Long Ridge Road from the .28 mile north of Route 15 underpass to the 0.11 mile south of Riverbank Road. Detours will be posted and there will be flaggers in the area to assist with the flow …

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by Zak Failla