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Lost Emu In Fairfield County, Yes Emu, Finds Its Way Home Via Social Media
Social media can help with just about anything, including when you find a wayward emu in your backyard and don't know what to do.
Yep, an emu, and not the one from the Liberty Mutal commercial.
But that's what happened to New Haven County resident Jen Rich, of Oxford, when her dog came upon the large bird in their backyard.
The dog startled the emu who ran and got stuck in a tangle of bushes.
Rich saw that the emu was injured and managed to get the bird into a closed-in space and then, what else, posted it to Facebook via a friend.
Social media, including Reddit, went crazy ov…
Man Seriously Injured After Being Run Over By Own Jeep, CT State Police Say
A 73-year-old man was seriously injured after being run over by his own vehicle in a liquor store parking lot after allegedly leaving the Jeep Cherokee in gear, said Connecticut State Police.
The incident took place around 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, when Stephen Kovzel, of Oxford, got out of his vehicle in the parking lot of the Oxford Liquor Shoppe, at 19 Oxford Road, state police said.
While getting out of the vehicle it began to roll backward and hit another vehicle in the parking lot. The driver of the hit vehicle, a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado, moved his vehicle backward after being …