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Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old CT Woman Hits Car Head-On Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old CT Woman Hits Car Head-On
Fatal Crash: 45-Year-Old CT Woman Hits Car Head-On A 45-year-old Connecticut woman driving a Toyota Corolla was killed after veering into oncoming traffic on Route 2A and hitting a Nissan Altima head-on. The crash took place around 2:30 p.m. in New London County just west of the Route 2A and Harris Fuller Road intersection in the town of Preston. According to Connecticut State Police, Chrisdandra Lee Burgos, of Norwich, was traveling eastbound when she crossed into the westbound lane resulting in a head-on crash. As a result of the crash, the Altima came to rest in a wooded area on the westbound shoulder of the roadway. The Corolla came t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fatal Crash: Man Walking On I-91 Hit By 3 Vehicles, CT State Police Say Fatal Crash: Man Walking On I-91 Hit By 3 Vehicles, CT State Police Say
Fatal Crash: Man Walking On I-91 Hit By 3 Vehicles, CT State Police Say A man walking in the travel lanes of a busy Connecticut highway was hit and killed after being run over by three vehicles. The crash took place on I-91 southbound just north of Exit 3 in New Haven around 9:50 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26. According to Connecticut State Police, the unidentified man was walking in the travel lanes when he was hit by a Honda Pilot driven by a 33-year-old New Haven man. The force of the impact projected the man into the left-center lane where he was run over by a Mini Cooper and a Toyota Corolla, both driven by New Haven residents, state police said. The man was p…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Crash In East Hartford, Claims Someone Else Drove, Police Say Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Crash In East Hartford, Claims Someone Else Drove, Police Say
Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Crash In East Hartford, Claims Someone Else Drove, Police Say An East Hartford man faces manslaughter charges after allegedly causing a fatal accident that left a Massachusetts woman dead and then telling authorities that he was not the driver, police said. East Hartford resident Ricardo Figueroa, age 24, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 16 for his role in a fatal Hartford County crash on Route 2 in East Hartford on March 13, 2022, that left one woman dead, according to state police.  On the day of the crash, which happened adjacent to the Route 2 westbound entrance ramp, a Toyota Corolla with three people inside had collided with a Hyund…

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by Ben Crnic
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Victims Extracted From Separate Crashes Overnight In Fairfield County Victims Extracted From Separate Crashes Overnight In Fairfield County
Victims Extracted From Separate Crashes Overnight In Fairfield County A fire department in Fairfield County performed two separate vehicle extractions overnight.  The first extrication in Norwalk occurred at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Wilson Avenue, in the Rowayton section of the city, just after 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. Norwalk firefighters assisted the Rowayton Volunteer firefighters with extricating a lone male driver from a Mitsubishi Outlander that had rolled onto its driver’s side door, after colliding with a pickup truck, said Deputy Chief Edward Prescott of the Norwalk Fire Department. The roof of the vehicle was removed to allow…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Asking For Public's Help Identifying Man Wanted For Burglaries In Norwalk Police Asking For Public's Help Identifying Man Wanted For Burglaries In Norwalk
Police Asking For Public's Help Identifying Man Wanted For Burglaries In Norwalk Norwalk Police are asking the public for help identifying a man wanted in connection with numerous vehicle burglaries. According to Norwalk Police, the man is a suspect in numerous motor vehicle burglaries and larcenies that were committed in the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 27, in the Autumn Street and Kettle Road area.  He was last seen driving a white Toyota Corolla with Connecticut plates. Anyone with information regarding this individual or the thefts is asked to call Detective Patrick English at (203) 854-3181.  Anonymous tips can be left at any…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Know Her? Police Seek To ID Suspect In Fairfield County Donation Box Theft Know Her? Police Seek To ID Suspect In Fairfield County Donation Box Theft
Know Her? Police Seek To ID Suspect In Fairfield County Donation Box Theft Do you know her? Police in Bethel are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down a suspect who allegedly stole money from a donation box at a local gas station. Investigators from the Bethel Police Department released surveillance photos of a woman who robbed the donation box at Wheels gas station on Stony Hill Road at approximately 10:45 p.m. on July 11. Police said the woman pulled into the parking lot, into a “dark section of the lot,” entered the store and can “be clearly seen taking a donation box full of an undetermined amount of money off the counter next to the r…

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by Zak Failla