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Investigation Leads To New Charges After Fatal Crash, CT State Police Say Investigation Leads To New Charges After Fatal Crash, CT State Police Say
Investigation Leads To New Charges After Fatal Crash, CT State Police Say An 18-year-old teen has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash that took place last year in Salisbury. Christopher Hoyt, of Sharon, was arrested via a warrant on Wednesday, March 27, while in court on another matter, said the Connecticut State Police. Hoyt's arrest comes after an intensive investigation by Trooper Corinne Swift of the crash that took place on July 20, 2018, on Housatonic River Road when he lost control of his Jeep Wrangler while making a turn, went up an embankment and flipped the vehicle. His passenger, 18-year-old Lukas Kosko of North Canaan…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Norwalk Teen Surrenders To Police In Connection To Fatal Crash Involving Stamford Motorcyclist Norwalk Teen Surrenders To Police In Connection To Fatal Crash Involving Stamford Motorcyclist
Norwalk Teen Surrenders To Police In Connection To Fatal Crash Involving Stamford Motorcyclist An 18-year-old from Norwalk surrendered to police in connection with a fatal 2018 crash that killed a motorcyclist in Stamford. Justin Foley surrendered himself to the Stamford Police Friday and was charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle following an investigation into the Sept. 23, 2018 crash, said Stamford Police Sgt. Jeffrey Booth. The arrest comes on the heels of an investigation into the deadly crash by the department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad that killed Rene A. Sandoval-Romero, 26, of Stamford, Booth said. The crash took place around 7 p.m. o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Norwalk Woman Charged With DUI After Fleeing Scene Of Crash In Darien, Police Say Norwalk Woman Charged With DUI After Fleeing Scene Of Crash In Darien, Police Say
Norwalk Woman Charged With DUI After Fleeing Scene Of Crash In Darien, Police Say A woman from Norwalk was arrested and faces DUI charges after getting into an accident and fleeing the scene, Darien Police say. Officers responded to the intersection of Post Road and Brookside Road on Wednesday, Dec. 26 around 3 p.m. after hearing a report of a motor vehicle accident. The other party involved in the accident was able to provide a license number, and a Norwalk officer eventually located the vehicle on West Avenue near Maple Street. When asked whether she had been in an accident, the vehicle’s driver, 58-year-old Dephine Swierc of Norwalk, said she “may have been.” The offi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Arrested In Hit-Run That injured Motorcyclist Fairfield County Man Arrested In Hit-Run That injured Motorcyclist
Fairfield County Man Arrested In Hit-Run That injured Motorcyclist A 61-year-old Fairfield County man has been identified as the suspect who fled the scene of a hit-and-run that left a motorcyclist hospitalized in Mamaroneck on Sunday. Police confirmed that Bridgeport resident Hugo Echeverri was arrested this week after he allegedly struck a motorcyclist shortly before 10 p.m. on Boston Post Road and proceeded to flee the scene.  The motorcyclist was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx for treatment of injuries that were believed to be non-life-threatening. The man’s condition was not immediately available on Friday morning. Echeverri has b…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Charged In Fatal Stamford Crash After Turning Herself In Woman Charged In Fatal Stamford Crash After Turning Herself In
Woman Charged In Fatal Stamford Crash After Turning Herself In A Stamford woman has been arrested in a fatal crash that killed an 81-year-old local woman while she was walking through a parking lot in March. Marie Infante, 66, turned herself into police Friday after an investigation found that she was at fault in the deadly crash that occurred around 7 p.m. on March 6 at the Newfield Green Shopping Center, said Stamford Police Sgt. Andrew Gallagher. Gallagher said the investigation found that during the crash, a 2009 Honda Civic driven by Infante, was traveling through the parking lot when she hit pedestrian Mary Bova of Stamford, who was walking to he…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Person Hospitalized In Weston Rollover Crash Person Hospitalized In Weston Rollover Crash
Person Hospitalized In Weston Rollover Crash The Weston Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services responded to a motor vehicle accident rollover on Godfrey Road West early Wednesday morning.  One occupant was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  E-3, Rescue 5, 552 and Medic 500 also responded..

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