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Drag-Racing I-84 Drivers Killed Young Father, Family Says
A six-vehicle crash on I-84 in Connecticut claimed the life of a 29-year-old man, whose family says he was a father to a little girl.
According to CT State Police, a 44-year-old man from Wethersfield was heading east on the highway near Exit 36 in Farmington when he struck the vehicle being operated by Eloi Batista Da Silva, on Sunday, Jan. 12, around 6:05 p.m.
The impact sent Silva, who had also been heading east, across the left lane, the median, and into the westbound lanes, where his car collided with a third vehicle.
The crash quickly escalated, involving three ad…
Suspect In MA Restaurant, Movie Stabbings Charged For CT Homicide
A man who had been the subject of a multi-state manhunt in connection with several stabbings at a fast food restaurant and a movie theater in Massachusetts and a homicide in Connecticut has been captured following a car crash.
Suspect Apprehended After Person Found Dead In Deep River
Duke County, Massachusetts resident Jared Ravizza, age 26, of Chilmark, was apprehended on Saturday, May 25, in Barnsdale County in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in connection with the stabbing death of Hartford County resident Bruce Feldman, age 70, of West Hartford.
According to Connecticut State Pol…
Fatal Crash: 44-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After SUV Slams Into Embankment, CT State Police Say
A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash overnight in a residential neighborhood in Connecticut.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, July 1 in Litchfield County.
A 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander was traveling northbound in North Canaan on Canaan Valley Road near Carlson Road when the SUV left the roadway, struck an embankment, and overturned, according to Connecticut State Police.
The operator of the Outlander, Hartford County resident Deane William Moores, age 44, of Plainville, succumbed to injuries he suffered, said police.
The crash is now under investigation.
Man Killed After SUV Crashes Into Cement Wall On CT Roadway
A Connecticut man was killed during a single-vehicle crash.
It happened around 2:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20 on Route 8 in the city of Torrington in Litchfield County.
According to Connecticut State Police, New Haven County resident Barry Zaret, age 82, of Woodbridge, was traveling southbound near Exit 45, when his 2015 Toyota Rav4 left the roadway, drove on a grassy media and up a dirt mount before taking flight, and hitting the guardrail before colliding into a cement wall on Winthrop Street in Torrington.
The vehicle's final resting position was suspended on a telephone wire, …
20-Year-Old Woman Airlifted After I-84 Pileup Crash
One person was injured and airlifted following a three-vehicle crash on I-84 in Connecticut.
The crash took place in West Hartford around 7:20 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 1 on I-84 eastbound.
According to state police, the crash occurred when Litchfield County resident Amanda Maud, age 20, of Winsted, driving a Ford Fiesta, plowed into the back of a Hyduani Tuscon which was slowing down for congested traffic.
The impact caused the Tuscon to crash into a Honda Odyssey, police said.
Only Maud, who was ticketed for allegedly causing the crash, was injured, state police said.
The crash i…
Wrong-Way Driver Nabbed After Crash, CT State Police Say
A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk in the wrong direction on a busy highway causing a two-vehicle crash.
New London County resident James Miles Tanner, age 46, of Colchester, was arrested on Sunday, Jan. 9, for the crash which took place around 11:30 p.m., Sunday on Route 395 in Montville, said the Connecticut State Police.
According to state police, Tanner, who was traveling in the wrong direction on the off-ramp of the highway in a Mercury Milan, side-swiped a Mercedes Benz.
No one was injured in the crash.
Tanner was charged with:
DUI
Traveling in th…
