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Family Pleads for Justice After Man Left in Coma from Hit, Run Crash
The family of a 66-year-old Connecticut man who was left in a coma after a car crashed into him and sped off is asking for the public's help to find out who was behind the wheel. Rene Beaudette, of Norwich in New London County, was hit around 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 655 East Main St. in Norwich, authorities said. Original Report: Police Searching For Driver Who Left Hit, Run Victim In Coma Paramedics rushed Beaudette to William W. Backus Hospital and later to Hartford Hospital, where he was in critical condition. A GoFundMe to help pay for his medica…
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Greenwich Detective Out Of Coma After Brain Surgery As Community Rallies Around His Family
A fundraiser for a Connecticut police veteran who had fallen into a coma following surgery to remove a brain tumor has raised more than $100,000 to support his family. Greenwich Police Detective Mike Rooney underwent the delicate procedure at Yale New Haven Hospital earlier this month, but, during the operation, he suffered a "tremendous amount of swelling" and fell into a coma, said Peter Schmitt, president of the Greenwich Police Silver Shield Association. Schmitt called it the "battle of (Rooney's) life. It's a fight that the Marine veteran is beginning to win. …
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Support Pours In For Greenwich Detective In Coma After Brain Tumor Removal
A police department in Connecticut is leading an effort to lend help to one of its members who is fighting the health battle of his life following a brain tumor removal. Detective 1st Grade Mike Rooney, a member of the Greenwich Police Department, is currently in a coma following his surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital to have a tumor removed from his brain, according to Greenwich Police Silver Shield Association President Peter Schmitt. After the procedure was finished, Rooney's brain began unexpectedly swelling, causing him to enter into a coma, Schmitt said…
Police & Fire
CT Police Officer Diane Gonzalez Dies After 13 Years In Coma Following Crash
A Connecticut police officer has died after being in a coma for 13 years caused by a crash with another police officer who was killed. New Haven Police Officer Diane Gonzalez, who was 47 years old at the time of the crash, died on Monday, Jan. 10, the department said. According to Officer Scott Shumway, of the New Haven Police, the crash took place on Sept. 9, 2008, when Gonzalez and Sergeant Dario “Scott” Aponte were responding to the report of a violent domestic dispute in progress. While en route to the call, both officers’ vehicles collided at a high rate of speed at the int…
Obituaries
Official Cause Of Death For Rapper DMX Released
An official cause of death for rapper and lifelong New Yorker DMX has been released following his death in April at the age of 50. The Westchester County Medical Examiner told Vulture on Thursday, July 8 that the hip-hop icon died on April 9 due to a cocaine-induced heart attack which caused a lack of blood circulation to his brain. Original story - Rapper, Westchester Native, Resident DMX Dies At Age 50 “It was cardiac arrest for a period of time, so there was no circulation to the brain,” the Medical Examiner explained to Vulture. No official statement has been released by the ME’s offi…