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Driver Killed After Compact SUV Crashes Into Tree On Route 8 In Shelton Driver Killed After Compact SUV Crashes Into Tree On Route 8 In Shelton
Driver Killed After Compact SUV Crashes Into Tree On Route 8 In Shelton A driver was killed in an overnight crash in Fairfield County. It happened around 3:40 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 on Route 8 in Shelton. A 2013 Nissan Rogue was traveling northbound approximately one-quarter mile south of Exit 14 when it left the roadway and entered the roadside where it collided with a tree, Connecticut State Police said.  Following impact with the tree, the Rogue caught fire.  The driver, whose identity is not yet known, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene.  This collision remains under investigation.  Anyone who may …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old Woman Struck By Vehicle In Residential Neighborhood In CT Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old Woman Struck By Vehicle In Residential Neighborhood In CT
Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old Woman Struck By Vehicle In Residential Neighborhood In CT Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For 45-Year-Old Woman Struck, Killed In Residential Fairfield Neighborhood Police are investigating a fatal crash in a residential neighborhood in Fairfield County. It happened just before 3 p.m. Friday, June 23 in the town of Fairfield, in the 500 block of Redding Road.  A 45-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle that remained at the scene, Fairfield Police said. The woman was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her identity has not yet been released. The operator of the vehicle is cooperating wi…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Police ID Victim Of Fatal Crash Near Park In CT Police ID Victim Of Fatal Crash Near Park In CT
Police ID Victim Of Fatal Crash Near Park In CT Police have identified the victim of a fatal single-vehicle crash in Connecticut. New Haven County resident Kevin Gormley, age 68, of West Haven, was killed around 6:15 p.m., Saturday, March 25 near the entrance to Fort Nathan Hale Park in New Haven. Arriving officers found the front end of a Toyota Tundra abutted against a wooden guard rail on Woodward Avenue across the street from the entrance to the park, said Capt. Rose Dell, of the New Haven Police. Firefighters arrived and tended to Gormley, who was pronounced dead on the scene, Dell said. The New Haven Police Department’s…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Busy Cromwell Highway Two Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Busy Cromwell Highway
Two Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Busy Cromwell Highway Two people were killed on a busy Connecticut highway in a wrong-way driver crash. The crash took place in Middlesex County around 12:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 5, on Route 9 South near Exit 18 in Cromwell. According to the State Police, a vehicle was driving in the left lane of Route 9 South near the Exit 18 off-ramp when it was struck by a wrong-way driver head-on. The first vehicle came to an uncontrolled final rest on the left shoulder, fully engulfed in flames. The driver was pronounced deceased on scene and has not yet been positively identified pending an autopsy, state police said…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Cromwell Resident Hospitalized After Striking, Killing Tow Truck Driver Cromwell Resident Hospitalized After Striking, Killing Tow Truck Driver
Cromwell Resident Hospitalized After Striking, Killing Tow Truck Driver A 38-year-old tow-truck driver assisting a disabled driver on I-91 in Connecticut died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New Haven County, officials said. Shortly after 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, in North Haven, first responders responded to a stretch of the interstate after Tolland County resident Christopher Russell, of Ellington, was struck by a driver near Exit 11. According to police, Russell “was projected and struck the trunk and rear windshield of (the vehicle he was assisting) before falling to a prone position facing east in the right shoulder (of I-91).” Russel…

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by Zak Failla
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CT Woman Hit, Dragged 200 Feet By Hit-Run Driver, Police Say CT Woman Hit, Dragged 200 Feet By Hit-Run Driver, Police Say
CT Woman Hit, Dragged 200 Feet By Hit-Run Driver, Police Say A Fairfield County woman was killed after she was hit and dragged by a car for nearly 200 feet before the vehicle fled the scene. Kemesha Robert Johnson, age 40, died around 3 a.m. Sunday, March 13, in Bridgeport near the intersection of Boston Avenue and Remington Street, authorities said. A witness on the scene told officers a woman driving a 2007 Black Volvo XC90 was stopped at a red light on Barnum Avenue when it was rear-ended by a silver or gray Honda Civic, said Scott Appleby, Bridgeport's director of emergency management. The Honda then backed up and hit a parked car and passed t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Two Cars On I-84, CT State Police Say Man Struck, Killed By Two Cars On I-84, CT State Police Say
Man Struck, Killed By Two Cars On I-84, CT State Police Say Connecticut State Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash on I-84 that left a 52-year-old man dead. It took place in New Haven County around 11:40 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29, on the highway in Southbury, state police said. According to police, it happened when a 2015 Subaru Outback and a 2012 Toyota Camry were headed east, one in the right lane and the other in the left, state police said. A 52-year-old man, identified as Ricky Izzard, was standing on the right shoulder of the roadway when he began crossing and was struck by one car in the right lane and the other in the left, state po…

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by Kathy Reakes