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Police & Fire
Jaws Of Life Used To Extricate Person After Car Crashes Near House In Danbury
A person had to be extricated from a vehicle that was seriously damaged after crashing into several objects before landing just a few feet from a house in Danbury. Police units arrived first on West Street near Pleasant Street just east of I-84 early Saturday morning, April 6 to find one victim entrapped in a car, and a second person who had gotten out of the vehicle, said James Gagliardo, public information officer of the Danbury Fire Department. Fire units arriving shortly after, working under the command of Deputy Chief Bernie Meehan, found that a small convertible ha…
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In SUV Crash On LI Sound
Police have released the names of the husband and wife who died after their SUV crashed through a metal guardrail into the Long Island Sound in Westchester. New Rochelle residents Ralph and Arlene Simpson, both 74, drove through the guardrail and into the water at Hudson Park in Echo Bay shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, police said. A potential medical condition is believed to have caused the crash. Divers responded to the scene and were able to pull the driver, Ralph Simpson, from the vehicle, unconscious and unresponsive. He was treated by paramedics at the scene and transpor…
Police & Fire
Motorist Rescued After Rollover Crash In Easton
A driver in Fairfield County was able to escape injury after the vehicle overturned in a crash on Route 136 in Easton. The crash occurred at approximately 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, officials said. The driver was extradited from the rolled-over vehicle and he was treated for minor injuries by Easton paramedics as a precaution. On Facebook, the Easton Volunteer Fire Department posted that the response was a success and the scene was quickly cleared. “Tonight Easton engine 3 and D shift were on scene quickly for an extrication on (Route) 136. Along with AC Fracassini they had they dr…
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Woman, Children Hospitaiized After Rollover Crash In Shelton
One person had to be extricated and three were hospitalized following a single-vehicle rollover crash in Shelton. The crash occurred around 3 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Route 108 (Shelton Avenue) and Pine Street, said Shelton Police Det. Richard Bango. A mother and her two children were taken to a local hospital after the crash which caused the vehicle rollover. Officials with the Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Company said one person had to be extricated from the vehicle. The extent of injuries was not known.
Police & Fire
Man Killed After Crash Seriously Damages Webster Bank Arena
A driver has died after crashing into the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport on Thanksgiving Day, police say. The victim, a man in his mid-20s whose identity has not officially been released, was driving south on Main Street at approximately 2:10 p.m. before losing control of his vehicle, a Honda Accord, and collided into the front of the building. The man was pulled from the vehicle and taken to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The driver was the vehicle’s only occupant, and the arena sustained serious damages, according to News 12 Connecticut. Officials say speed wa…
Police & Fire
Monroe Man Falls From Train Platform
A 22-year-old man is being treated at an area hospital after falling from the Darien Train Station platform. The incident took place around 12:30 a.m. Monday when officers responded to the area of Post Road and the exit drive of the Darien Train Station, for the report of an unresponsive male, said Darien Police. Officers, along with POST 53 responders, treated the man on the scene, before transporting him to Stamford Hospital. The patient was identified as being from Monroe. For reasons still under investigation, it appears that the man fell from the train platform structu…
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Driver Identified In Fatal Crash That Caused Hourslong I-95 Closure, Injured Greenwich Woman
A 63-year-old man was killed when the bed of the dump truck he was driving hit an overpass sign on I-95, ejecting him from the vehicle. Anthony Edward Drozd of Middletown was killed around 7:45 a.m. Thursday during the crash that closed I-95 for around seven hours, said Connecticut State Police. According to police, the crash occurred when Drozd was traveling in the right lane of three, just ahead of another vehicle driven by Susan Jackson of Greenwich when the bed of his 27,600-pound truck became raised or was unintentionally left in the raised position. Seeing the raised bed, J…
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Girl, 9, Struck By Vehicle On Way To School In Trumbull, Police Say
A 9-year-old girl is being treated for a leg injury after being hit by a vehicle on her way to school. The incident took place around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday on Main Street near Pinehurst Street in Trumbull, said Trumbull Police Capt. Keith Golding. The Middlebrook School student had run out into the road and into the path of a southbound vehicle as she was trying to catch her school bus that had stopped on Pinehurst Street, Golding said. She was struck by a vehicle that was traveling on Main Street, as it drove around a Greater Bridgeport Transit bus that had also stopped for passengers at t…
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Connecticut Woman Killed After Being Pinned Between Tree, Rolling Car
A 59-year-old woman died after being pinned between a car and a tree after not putting on the emergency brake, state police said. Connecticut State Police found Florence Caillard of Willimantic, dead around 12:30 p.m. Thursday when they responded to East Street in Andover for the report of a woman unconscious. An investigation found that Caillard, a caregiver for an elderly male on East Street, arrived at the home in her vehicle, a 2016 Fiat 500, failed to set the emergency brake and went to the passenger side of the vehicle when it began to roll backward due to the slope of the driveway. …
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Here's How Many Tickets CT State Police Dished Out Over Labor Day Weekend
The sheer numbers tell the story.Connecticut State Police troopers didn't get much rest and relaxation over the Labor Day weekend. Troopers dished out a total of nearly 4,000 tickets for everything from speeding to aggressive driving during the crackdown, which ran from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. Here's a breakdown: 1,314 speeding tickets 2,474 total tickets for other hazardous moving violations (including unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone, texting, etc.). Troopers also arrested 24 people for DUI and investigated 281 accidents with no fatalities.
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Woman Run Over By Husband's Car In Fairfield County
A woman landed in the hospital after her husband left the car in neutral and it began to roll downhill and she was run over by the vehicle in Fairfield County. The accident took place around 4:45 p.m. Monday on Nathan Hale Drive when the husband put the car in neutral with the parking brake engaged during a stop to visit someone, said Sgt. Robert Shawinsky. Parked on a hill, the car began to roll backward, and the wife who was sitting in the passenger seat attempted to get out and run to the driver's side to put it in park, he said. Instead, she began tangled up and her legs became trapped…
Police & Fire
Crash Involving Reckless Driver Sends Five To Stamford Hospital
A Stamford man was charged with causing an accident that sent five people to the hospital, according to the Stamford Police. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. Sunday when Kadeem Sadio, 28, was speeding southbound on Hope Street when he slammed into a vehicle pulling out of Donut Delight, said Sgt. Kenneth Jarrett. Jarrett said the impact of the crash was so intense it spun the second car across Hope Street and into the First County Bank property, shearing the driver’s seat off of the floorboards. Five occupants in both vehicles were transported to Stamford Hospital with non-life threatening…
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