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Driver In Fatal Trumbull Crash Charged With Reckless Driving
The driver involved in a fatal motor vehicle Fairfield County accident in 2023 has been charged with alleged reckless driving.
Jacob Ryan Kapteina, age 22, of Trumbull, turned himself in to police on Friday, Jan. 12, for the Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 crash that killed a 33-year-old Bridgeport man.
Fatal Crash Update: 33-Year-Old Identified As Victim In Trumbull
The victim in the fatal crash, Anthony James Moran, was the passenger in a red Lexus SC 430 convertible that was being driven by Kapteina, which struck a maroon Chrysler 300 S driven by a 46-year-old Trumbull man, …
Two From Fairfield County Killed In Wrong-Way, Head-On Crash
Two young men were killed during a double-fatal wrong-way crash in Fairfield County.
Kyle Jackson, 28, of Stratford, and Tyler Field Stevens, 22, of Shelton, were killed around 2:19 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 6 on Route 25 in Bridgeport, said the Connecticut State Police.
According to police, Jackson was driving southbound on Route 25 in the right lane, while Stevens was traveling in the wrong direction on the roadway (northbound) in the southbound lane at the same time.
The two vehicles collided head-on just south of Exit 3, police said.
State Police were assisted by the Bridgeport Fire an…
Man Struck by Car In Trumbull
A Trumbull man was seriously injured when he was struck by a car on White Plains Road near the Route 25 overpass.
The resident, a seventy-three-year-old man, was struck while attempting to cross White Plains Road in a marked crosswalk at about 8:53 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 24, said Trumbull Police Lt. Brian Weir.
As officers arrived on the scene, they located the man lying near the curb receiving medical attention from others who had stopped at the scene, Weir said.
The vehicle that struck the man, driven by a Trumbull woman, remained at the scene, he said.
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ID Released For Man Shot In Vehicle Who Died During Crash On Way To Hospital
A 21-year-old man who was shot in the head and neck while sitting in a vehicle in Bridgeport and then died following a crash on the way to the hospital has been identified.
Leogiovanni Fernandes Spencer, 21, of Bridgeport, has been identified as the man shot around 9:21 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8, when two gunshots were fired on Gem Avenue near Whitney Avenue, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department.
Spencer was shot in the head and neck while seated in a vehicle, and the vehicle's driver fled the scene, attempting to take the victim to the hospital, Jones said.
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