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Two Injured Including Student In Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say Two Injured Including Student In Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say
Two Injured Including Student In Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say A Fairfield County student and a school bus driver were hospitalized after the driver struck a utility pole. The crash took place around 3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 28 on Mill Plain Road in Fairfield. When officers arrived on the scene they found a small First Student school bus from Tomlinson Middle School, had struck a utility pole, said Sgt. Michael Stahl, of the Fairfield Police.  The driver of the bus sustained non-life-threatening injuries and a student complaining of stomach pain were both transported to an area hospital, Stahl said. A second student was turned over to…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Search On For Hit-Run Driver After Motorcyclist Killed In Horrific Crash Search On For Hit-Run Driver After Motorcyclist Killed In Horrific Crash
Search On For Hit-Run Driver After Motorcyclist Killed In Horrific Crash A 51-year-old motorcyclist was killed after crashing with a vehicle, getting thrown into the air and landing on the hood of the car, with his head becoming lodged in the windshield as the driver fled the scene, police said. The hit-and-run crash occurred around 10:37 p.m. Monday on Whalley Avenue in New Haven, according to New Haven Police Officer David Hartman. Witnesses told police the man’s head went through the windshield, and then the car took off eastbound on Whalley Avenue at a high rate of speed, Hartman said. When the vehicle reached Fitch Street, the driver turned left, causing t…

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by Kathy Reakes