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Trapped Driver Rescued After I-95 Crash In Westport Trapped Driver Rescued After I-95 Crash In Westport
Trapped Driver Rescued After I-95 Crash In Westport A driver was extricated during an overnight crash on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. It happened just before 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 7, in Westport, northbound between exits 17 and 18.  According to Westport Fire Department Assistant Chief Brian Meadows, when engines arrived, one vehicle with heavy damage was pinned under the guard rail, with one occupant still inside.  A crew conducted an initial patient assessment, deployed a protective hose line, and assisted with stabilization.  After the vehicle was stabilized, they began extricating the …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Update - I-95 Wrong-Way Driver Crash: 1 Dead, 3 Injured In CT Update - I-95 Wrong-Way Driver Crash: 1 Dead, 3 Injured In CT
Update - I-95 Wrong-Way Driver Crash: 1 Dead, 3 Injured In CT This story has been updated. A wrong-way driver crash in Connecticut on I-95 left one person dead and three with minor injuries. The incident took place in New Haven County around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, on I-95 on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Q Bridge) southbound in New Haven, Connecticut State Police said. An investigation found that a 2019 tow truck was south southbound on I -95 just north of Exit 48 in New Haven on the bridge when it was struck head-on by a 2015 Kia Optima driven by Jimmie Lee Wilson, age 41, of West Haven, who was driving the wrong way on the bridge, state…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Caught On I-95: Police Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Caught On I-95: Police
Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Caught On I-95: Police An 82-year-old drunk driver faces numerous charges after allegedly driving the wrong way on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut, police said.  The man's arrest stemmed from an incident that began on Monday, June 19 just after 3:40 a.m., when state police received a report of a car traveling north in the southbound lanes in New Haven County in the area of Exit 60 in Madison.  According to state police, a responding trooper soon found the wrong-way vehicle and tried to stop it. However, the vehicle then struck the trooper's cruiser and damaged it before finally coming to a stop. T…

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by Ben Crnic
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DUI Crash: Woman, 22, Charged After Hitting I-95 Traffic Cones In Fairfield, Police Say DUI Crash: Woman, 22, Charged After Hitting I-95 Traffic Cones In Fairfield, Police Say
DUI Crash: Woman, 22, Charged After Hitting I-95 Traffic Cones In Fairfield, Police Say A local woman has been accused of driving under the influence after police say she crashed into cones on a stretch of northbound I-95 in Connecticut. The incident happened around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, June 4 in the town of Fairfield. The right lane was closed near Exit 22 due to an earlier crash, Connecticut State Police said, The woman, Allison Michelle Soto, age 22, of Trumbull, was stopped after troopers say she hit the cones after failing to move over. Field sobriety tests were administered after the troopers observed glossy, bloodshot eyes, said police. She was charged with: Oper…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Fatal Crash: 37-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victim After Car Crashes Into Median On I-95 Fatal Crash: 37-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victim After Car Crashes Into Median On I-95
Fatal Crash: 37-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victim After Car Crashes Into Median On I-95 Police are seeking any possible witnesses after a woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash overnight on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. It happened just before 7 p.m. Friday, March 31 on the northbound side near Exit 50 on the Quinnipiac Bridge in New Haven.  Connecticut State Police say an Acura TL struck a concrete barrier along the right shoulder before traveling across all lanes of travel and then slamming into the concrete center median barrier and coming to a final resting position.  Responding troopers discovered the operator and sole occupant, Grac…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Tractor-Trailer Fire Causes Delays On I-95, CT State Police Report Tractor-Trailer Fire Causes Delays On I-95, CT State Police Report
Tractor-Trailer Fire Causes Delays On I-95, CT State Police Report Authorities reported heavy delays on I-95 in Connecticut due to a tractor-trailer fire. The tractor-trailer fire happened in New London County on the northbound highway near Exit 73 in East Lyme, Connecticut State Police reported at about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 10. In the announcement, police advised motorists to seek an alternate route and expect heavy delays in the area. No further details about the incident were reported. 

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man Driving Wrong Way On I-95 Was Under Influence, CT State Police Say Man Driving Wrong Way On I-95 Was Under Influence, CT State Police Say
Man Driving Wrong Way On I-95 Was Under Influence, CT State Police Say A 25-year-old man was charged after authorities said he drove the wrong way on I-95 in Connecticut while under the influence.  Troopers received multiple reports of a red Chevrolet SUV driving erratically on I-95 northbound near Exit 57 at about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, Connecticut State Police reported. Callers said the SUV was driving in the median and nearly struck the center concrete barrier several times, police said. At about 12:50 p.m., troopers received more than six more calls about the SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes near Exit 66 in the Middlesex County tow…

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by Nicole Valinote
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19-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run I-95 Crash 19-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run I-95 Crash
19-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run I-95 Crash A teenager was killed in a hit-and-run overnight crash on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. The crash happened on the northbound side in New Haven, in the area of exit 47, at around midnight Saturday, June 12. The victim, Ricardo Figueroa-Garcia, age 19 of New Haven, was riding in the right lane in a Yamaha motorcycle when a two-door 1991 Acura Integra was traveling in the right-center lane at a higher rate of speed when it changed lanes to the right lane, according to the Connecticut State Police.  After moving into the right lane, the Integra hit the motorcycle, and Figuer…

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by Joe Lombardi