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Teen Dies After Jumping Out Of Stolen Vehicle, Into CT Reservoir, Police Say Teen Dies After Jumping Out Of Stolen Vehicle, Into CT Reservoir, Police Say
Teen Dies After Jumping Out Of Stolen Vehicle, Into CT Reservoir, Police Say A Connecticut teen who was allegedly in a stolen vehicle drowned after running from police and jumping into a nearby reservoir.  The incident took place in New Haven County around 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 on Grilleytown Road in Waterbury. A Waterbury officer was patrolling the area of Grilleytown Road when he came upon an abandoned stolen vehicle out of Millertown, New York, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. Shortly after recovering this stolen vehicle, the officer located another stolen motor vehicle out of Ridgefield, parked, occupied, on Sage Drive. As the o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Two Families Displaced By CT House Fire Two Families Displaced By CT House Fire
Two Families Displaced By CT House Fire The American Red Cross is assisting two families in Connecticut after a fire tore through a multi-family home. In New Haven County, a fire broke out in Naugatuck inside an Andrew Avenue home shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, which required a heavy response from local departments. The fire broke out in a third-floor attic that was part of an apartment inside the multi-family home, according to a Naugatuck Fire Department spokesperson. One firefighter was hospitalized after slipping, falling, and suffering a non-life-threatening injury to his leg battling the blaze before he was res…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family CT Home Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family CT Home
Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family CT Home Two Connecticut men were killed during an intense fire at a multi-family home. The fire took place in New Haven County in Waterbury around 3 a.m., Tuesday, May 3 on Arch Street. According to Waterbury Deputy Fire Chief Kenneth Tamborra, when the first firefighters arrived on the scene the fire was so intense that windows were blowing out of the second floor. The first victim was found quickly as firefighters advanced to the second floor where the fire was the heaviest, Tamborra said. The fire quickly advanced to the attic and then to the third floor of the residence, burning so hot at tim…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Firefighters Help Surgeon Remove Meat Grinder From Woman's Hand CT Firefighters Help Surgeon Remove Meat Grinder From Woman's Hand
CT Firefighters Help Surgeon Remove Meat Grinder From Woman's Hand Connecticut firefighters helped surgeons in the operating room remove a meat grinder stuck on a woman's hand, The incident began in New Haven County around 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19 in Naugatuck when a person whose hand was stuck in a meat grinder was transported to Waterbury Hospital, the department said. The patient was then transferred to Yale New Haven Hospital for removal of the grinder around 5:45 p.m., officials said. Shortly after, doctors requested the New Haven Fire Department respond to the hospital to help with the removal, the department said. Working closely with an ort…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Killed After Hitting Parked Tractor-Trailer In Connecticut Man Killed After Hitting Parked Tractor-Trailer In Connecticut
Man Killed After Hitting Parked Tractor-Trailer In Connecticut A 31-year-old New York man was killed after his vehicle struck a parked tractor-trailer in Connecticut. Christopher Ortiz, of Watertown, in Jefferson County, was found dead around 12:06 a.m., Wednesday, April 21, when Waterbury police responded to a motor vehicle accident in the area of South Main Street at Verzier Street, in Waterbury, said Sgt. Davis. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a white 2005 Nissan Altima had traveled from the northbound lane of traffic into the southbound lane and struck a parked unoccupied tractor-trailer, Davis said.  T…

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by Kathy Reakes