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Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Woman From Burning Car In Fairfield County Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Woman From Burning Car In Fairfield County
Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Woman From Burning Car In Fairfield County An off-duty firefighter saved a woman from a burning vehicle involved in a crash in Fairfield County over the weekend. The incident took place in Brookfield around 3:15 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 26, on Route 7 northbound in the area of the Junction Road overpass. Brookfield Volunteer firefighters and EMS were dispatched for a single-car accident with fire and entrapment, the department said on Facebook. Paramedic Ambulance 18-1 was returning from Danbury Hospital from a medical call and was on the scene within one minute. Upon arrival, it found a car on fire with a bystander removing the injure…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Injured In Single-Vehicle Fairfield County Crash Man Injured In Single-Vehicle Fairfield County Crash
Man Injured In Single-Vehicle Fairfield County Crash A driver suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Fairfield County. Connecticut State Police said the crash happened on Route 7 North in Brookfield at 2:50 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13. A 2005 Ford F150 was traveling in an unknown lane near Exit 12 when for an unknown reason, the Ford ran off the roadway and struck the guardrail end in the median, police said.  The Ford then veered across the road and ran off into the shoulder up an embankment and rolled over, police said. The driver, a 50-year-old New Haven County man, from Southbury, was hospitalized with serious, possib…

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by Nicole Valinote