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CT Man Killed After Vehicle Flips Over Railroad Tracks, Police Say
A Connecticut man was killed after losing control of his vehicle and being ejected after hitting railroad tracks along Route 8, said Connecticut State Police.
New Haven County resident Jonathan Vazquez, age 24, of Derby, was killed around 1 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 4, while traveling northbound on Route 8 near Beacon Falls, said state police.
According to state police, For an unknown reason, Vazquez lost control of his Honda Accord and veered off the roadway to the right.
The vehicle then crossed into the grass shoulder where it struck and went over the metal beam guardrail, traveled down t…
Son, Daughter Killed By Mother's Boyfriend In Double-Murder Suicide In CT, Police Say
Two teenagers are dead in Connecticut after a murder-suicide involving their mother's boyfriend in their home, police said.
Officers from the Watertown Police Department responded to a Litchfield Road home at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, where there was a report of a man who had just shot two teens, police said.
Upon arrival, they found the teens with gunshot wounds to the chest, and their mother's boyfriend, Paul Ferguson, 42, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the master bedroom.
It was determined that Ferguson, who had recently moved into the home, sho…