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State Police Announce Times, Locations For Labor Day Weekend DUI/Sobriety Checkpoints
As drivers gear up for the long Labor Day weekend, Connecticut State Police are increasing patrols to catch drunk, impaired, and reckless drivers.
State police said troopers throughout the state will be conducting roving DUI patrols from midnight Friday, Sept. 2, and continuing through Monday night, Sept. 5.
Troopers will also conduct two DUI/sobriety checkpoint operations over the weekend, both in New Haven County.
On Sunday, Sept. 4, state police will conduct a checkpoint in Meriden on the northbound exit from I-91 and Route 15 to East Main Street from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. the following mor…
Woman Killed, Six Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Tree, CT State Police Say
A woman was killed and six other people suffered serious injures in a single-vehicle crash in Connecticut.
It happened just before 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 in New Haven County.
The vehicle involved, a Honda Accord, was traveling northbound on Route 15 near Exit 58 in Woodbridge, when the vehicle veered into the right shoulder before striking a tree, according to state police.
The victim has been identified as a passenger in the Accord, Siryania Albino-De Fernandez, age 30 of Union City, New Jersey.
She was rushed to Yale-New Haven where she was later pronounced dead, state police said.
Tho…
Motorcyclist, 29, Seriously Injured In Route 15 Crash
A 29-year-old motorcyclist from Fairfield County suffered serious injuries after a driver made an illegal U-Turn on Route 15, Connecticut State Police said.
Bridgeport resident Joao Maiolino was riding his 2009 Harley-Davidson northbound near exit 59 shortly before 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, police said. While driving, Kimberly Ann Slosek, 41, was traveling in the opposite direction when she used the emergency turnaround in the central median of the highway.
State Police said that as Slosek used the turnaround, she entered the northbound lanes, striking Maiolino’s motorcycle.
Police sa…
