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Dirt Bike Rider Badly Injured In Crash While Allegedly Performing A 'Wheelie' Dirt Bike Rider Badly Injured In Crash While Allegedly Performing A 'Wheelie'
Dirt Bike Rider Badly Injured In Crash While Allegedly Performing A 'Wheelie' A New Haven dirt-bike rider is in apparent paralysis following a motor vehicle accident on Monday, Sept. 14, just before midnight. The man, who has not been publicly identified, was allegedly riding without the bike’s headlight on and doing a wheelie when the collision happened, New Haven Police said. The crash occurred on Canal Street near Foote Street in the Dixwell neighborhood of New Haven. The 27-year-old dirt bike rider was going southbound on Canal Street when an oncoming northbound motorist in a sedan “started a left turn maneuver” onto Foote, police said. They collided in the inter…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Woman, 20, Killed When Motorcycle Slams Into Car In Fairfield County Woman, 20, Killed When Motorcycle Slams Into Car In Fairfield County
Woman, 20, Killed When Motorcycle Slams Into Car In Fairfield County A 20-year-old woman was killed in a crash after a car turned in front of the motorcycle she was a passenger on. Miranda Elienai, of Bridgeport, was killed around 7 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Park Avenue and Olive Street, said Av Harris, Bridgeport Police Department spokesman. According to Harris, Danillo Andrade, 31, the motorcycle operator, and Elienai, were traveling south on Park Avenue when he saw a white Dodge Intrepid slowly making a left turn from Olive Street onto Park Avenue, said Harris. "The black 2007 Suzuki GSX R 600 operator reduced speed, braking several times b…

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by Kathy Reakes