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CT Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Road-Rage Shooting, Police Say CT Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Road-Rage Shooting, Police Say
CT Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Road-Rage Shooting, Police Say A 32-year-old Connecticut corrections officer has been charged with the alleged murder of another man during a road-rage incident. William Lucky Jr., of North Haven, turned himself in to Connecticut State Police on Tuesday, Jan. 23 for the shooting which took place on I-691 on Jan. 14 in Meriden. According to the arrest warrant and information from State Police, Lucky admitted to shooting Middlesex County resident Scott Kracke, age 49, of Middlefield, during a confrontation on the side of I-691 in Meriden after a road rage incident. A police investigation found that Kracke, driving a 2018 …

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Charged With Pointing Gun In Threatening Road-Rage Incident CT Man Charged With Pointing Gun In Threatening Road-Rage Incident
CT Man Charged With Pointing Gun In Threatening Road-Rage Incident A Connecticut man was charged with threatening after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman during a road rage incident. The confrontation occurred on I-691 in New Haven County around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20 in the town of Cheshire and continued to I-84 in Waterbury. According to Connecticut State Police, troopers found a black Subaru stopped on the right shoulder by Exit 25 and a gray Nissan stopped on the right shoulder by Exit 23. The driver of the Nissan said she had been involved in a road rage incident and the driver of the Subaru had waved a handgun at her.  The…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Shot, Killed In Road-Rage Incident On I-691 CT Man Shot, Killed In Road-Rage Incident On I-691
CT Man Shot, Killed In Road-Rage Incident On I-691 A 49-year-old CT man was shot and killed during a road-rage incident. Middlesex County resident Scott Kracke, of Middlefield, died of a gunshot wound around 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 14 in New Haven County, on I-691 eastbound in Meriden. Connecticut State troopers responded to a report of a disturbance near Exit 2A. State police said when troopers arrived, they found Kracke with gunshot wounds. Kracke was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead, state police said. Detectives from the Central District Major Crime Squad responded to assume the investigation.  An…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fatal Rollover Crash: 19-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-691 Ramp Fatal Rollover Crash: 19-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-691 Ramp
Fatal Rollover Crash: 19-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-691 Ramp A local teenager was killed in a crash on a busy Connecticut roadway. The crash happened in New Haven County around 2:50 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 in Meriden on I-691. A 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo was traveling eastbound on the Exit 1 ramp when it ran off the roadway and collided with a cable barrier in the right shoulder, according to Connecticut State Police. The Jeep then went down the roadside embankment, and rolled over before coming to an uncontrolled rest after colliding with a tree, police said. The driver was ejected during the rollover sequence and…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Driver Under Influence Flees Separate Crashes On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say Driver Under Influence Flees Separate Crashes On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say
Driver Under Influence Flees Separate Crashes On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say A driver under the influence has been charged after allegedly fleeing the scene of separate crashes on a busy Connecticut roadway, according to authorities. Connecticut State Police say reports were made on Thursday, Oct. 6 at approximately 8:50 p.m. that a gray 2000 Saturn sedan, displaying a Connecticut registration, had allegedly been involved in two separate evading crashes on I-691 in the Meriden area.  Troop I dispatch requested that any troopers in the Meriden area "be on the lookout" for the Saturn, which was last seen traveling on I-691 eastbound in the area of Exit 7, in Meri…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Fairfield County Woman Charged After Crash Involving CT State Police Cruiser Fairfield County Woman Charged After Crash Involving CT State Police Cruiser
Fairfield County Woman Charged After Crash Involving CT State Police Cruiser A police cruiser and a minivan were involved in a crash on a Connecticut highway, leading to enforcement action being taken against a person involved. The crash happened in New Haven County on I-691 westbound near Exit 4 in Meriden at about 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, according to Connecticut State Police. A police cruiser was traveling in the right lane and passing a 2019 Toyota Sienna Limited, when the Toyota changed lanes into the right lane, state police reported. Police said the front driver's side of the police cruiser collided with the rear passenger side of the Toyota. The pol…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT State Police Investigate Serious Wrong-Way Crash With Injury CT State Police Investigate Serious Wrong-Way Crash With Injury
CT State Police Investigate Serious Wrong-Way Crash With Injury Two people suffered serious injuries after being involved in a wrong-way crash in Connecticut, state police said. The crash happened in New Haven County shortly after midnight on Tuesday, April 19, in Meriden. Litchfield County resident James Steinhardt, age 24, of New Milford, was traveling east on I-691 west of exit 5 when he was struck by Cromwell (Middlesex County) resident Christopher Meza, age 34, who was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes in New Haven County. According to police, one of the vehicles rolled over in the crash, though it is unclear which driver was involved. …

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by Zak Failla
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High-Speed Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Kills CT Woman, State Police Say High-Speed Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Kills CT Woman, State Police Say
High-Speed Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Kills CT Woman, State Police Say Connecticut State Police is seeking witnesses and dashcam video footage in a wrong-way fatal crash that left an area woman dead. The late afternoon crash, killed a New Haven County woman around 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, on I-691 in Hartford County in Southington, when she slammed into a tractor-trailer at a high-speed driving in the wrong direction, state police said. According to state police, Sharon L. Knight, age 54, of Waterbury, was driving a 2004 Mercedes Benz west in the east lane when she struck the tractor-trailer head-on. At the time of the crash, the road's surface was dry a…

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by Kathy Reakes