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Two Die In Weekend Crashes In East Hartford, Police Say
A 17-year-old on a moped and 51-year-old man died in Connecticut in separate crashes in the same town over the weekend.
The first crash took place around 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 in East Hartford when a moped driver was hit by a passenger vehicle on Route 5, said authorities.
The moped operator, Manuel Suarez, 17, of East Hartford, suffered serious injuries and was treated by paramedics on scene, then transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, said Lieutenant Joshua Litwin, of the East Hartford Police.
The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene and is c…
Man Found Shot Dead Outside East Hartford Bar
Despite a hostile crowd, police in Connecticut responding to a report of shots fired, found a man shot to death lying in a parking lot.
The incident took place around 12:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 20, when East Hartford Police rushed to the Malibu Sports Bar and Lounge, 808 Silver Lane, on the report of someone shot.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found an unconscious adult male victim in the parking lot, said Lieutenant Joshua Litwin of the East Hartford Police Department.
Despite an uncooperative crowd that was hostile toward police, officers performed CPR on the victim for sev…