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CT Man Runs Onto I-95, Carjacks Big Rig And Hits 10 Vehicles, Police Say
A Connecticut man police believe was high on drugs was arrested after running into traffic on I-95, carjacking a big rig, and then hit 10 vehicles before crashing into a metal guard rail.
The chain of events began around 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, when Connecticut State Police Troop G received multiple 911 calls of a pedestrian running across the I-95 southbound lanes, in the area of Exit 46 in New Haven.
A short time later the pedestrian, later identified as Frank Montes-Rivera. age 50, of New Haven, carjacked a tractor-trailer unit, state police said.
Montes-Rivera allegedl…
Man Charged For I-95 Crash In Fairfield That Injured Several, Including State Trooper
A Bridgeport man accused of causing a crash on I-95 that seriously injured a state trooper voluntarily turned himself in to state police on a warrant.
Joseph Buzzanca, 33, was arrested around 9 a.m., Monday, Feb. 3, for the June 16, 2019, crash that injured several people, including Trooper Gregory Sawicki, who had stopped to check on a vehicle parked on the shoulder of I-95 in Fairfield, said the Connecticut State Police.
According to state police, Sawicki was on patrol when he saw a vehicle stopped along the shoulder of I-95 northbound in Fairfield and pulled his Ford Taurus patrol vehicl…
