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CT DOT Worker Killed After Being Struck On Highway Ramp Shoulder CT DOT Worker Killed After Being Struck On Highway Ramp Shoulder
CT DOT Worker Killed After Being Struck On Highway Ramp Shoulder A 26-year-old Connecticut Department of Transportation worker was killed after being struck by a vehicle on the shoulder of a highway exit ramp.  The crash happened in New Haven County on Friday, June 28 just after 9:15 a.m., when the DOT worker was struck while working alongside the shoulder of the Exit 13 on-ramp on Interstate 91 South in Wallingford, Connecticut State Police announced.  An investigation conducted by troopers determined that the worker had been policing trash for mowing crews when he was hit by a vehicle on the ramp that left its lane, police said. The worker, …

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by Ben Crnic
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Trooper Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Parked Cruiser On I-91 In CT During Storm: Police Trooper Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Parked Cruiser On I-91 In CT During Storm: Police
Trooper Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Parked Cruiser On I-91 In CT During Storm: Police A state trooper was taken to a hospital after a car driven by a 20-year-old New York resident crashed into the back of her cruiser on a Connecticut highway amid a winter storm, police announced. The incident happened in New Haven County during a winter storm on Tuesday, Jan. 9 around 7:40 p.m., when a state police cruiser was parked in the left lane of Interstate 91 South in Meriden while helping with a call for traffic service.  According to state police, a 2016 Cadillac Escalade driven by Putnam County resident Luis Sanchez, Jr. of Brewster, age 20, was traveling south in the left la…

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by Ben Crnic
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Two Vehicles Damaged By Gunfire On CT Highway, Police Report Two Vehicles Damaged By Gunfire On CT Highway, Police Report
Two Vehicles Damaged By Gunfire On CT Highway, Police Report Police are investigating after two vehicles were damaged by gunfire while traveling on a Connecticut highway. At about 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, two drivers stopped at separate locations to report that their vehicles had been damaged while they were traveling on Interstate 91 south Middlesex County, near Exit 20 in Middletown, Connecticut State Police said. Police said investigators found bullet strikes on both vehicles. One of the drivers suffered a minor injury from the broken glass, police said.  Witnesses are asked to call police at 860-534-1000.  This is a develop…

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by Nicole Valinote