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Four Hospitalized After Two-Vehicle I-84 Crash, CT State Police Say Four Hospitalized After Two-Vehicle I-84 Crash, CT State Police Say
Four Hospitalized After Two-Vehicle I-84 Crash, CT State Police Say Four people were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash on I-84 in Connecticut.  The crash happened at about 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, on I-84 Westbound near Entrance 56 ramp in East Hartford, according to Connecticut State Police. While traveling at a high rate of speed, a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport struck a 2002 Toyota Carolla from behind, police said.  Authorities said the Hyundai rolled over and came to a rest on its roof in the left lane, and the Toyota spun out off the roadway and came to a rest on the shoulder. The driver of the Toyota, identified as a 21-year-o…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Retired CT State Trooper Killed By Single Punch On Las Vegas Strip Retired CT State Trooper Killed By Single Punch On Las Vegas Strip
Retired CT State Trooper Killed By Single Punch On Las Vegas Strip A Massachusetts man who was a retired Connecticut State Police Trooper was recently killed by a single-punch he absorbed while taking in the Las Vegas strip. On Monday, March 1, police said that sometime early on Sunday, Feb. 28, Thomas W. Driscoll, 57, of Chicopee died from head and neck injuries sustained in a homicide, according to U.S. News and World Report. It is not clear why Driscoll was attacked on the strip near Caesar’s Palace, the Bellagio, and Bally’s. According to police, the alleged assailant Brandon Marcus Leath, 33, of Nevada, yelled something at Driscoll and a woman on a p…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Duo Nabbed For Kidnapping, Murder Of Massachusetts Man Found In Connecticut Duo Nabbed For Kidnapping, Murder Of Massachusetts Man Found In Connecticut
Duo Nabbed For Kidnapping, Murder Of Massachusetts Man Found In Connecticut Two men have been charged for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a Massachusetts man whose body was found in a burning vehicle in Connecticut. Bradon Batiste, 33, of Spring, Massachusetts, and Calvin Roberson, 38, of Waterbury, were arrested Thursday, Feb. 11, for the Dec. 26 death of a Massachusetts man found in Hartford, said John Durham, U.S. States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.  Batiste was arrested in Athens, Georgia, and Roberson was arrested in Waterbury.  Shortly before 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, Hartford police and fire personnel resp…

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by Kathy Reakes