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Police ID 37-Year-Old CT Man Killed After Being Ejected In Rollover Crash
A 37-year-old Connecticut man was killed this week after he lost control of his vehicle, left the road, and rolled over multiple times, authorities said.
Daniel Popiolek, of Beacon Falls, crashed just before 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, when his Subaru went off the side of Route 8 in Seymour, Connecticut State Police said.
It's unclear what caused him to go off the highway, but Popiolek was thrown from the vehicle as it tumbled near Exit 18, authorities said. Paramedics rushed him to Waterbury Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
No other vehicles were involved. …
CT Man Was On Drugs During Fatal Crash That Killed Mother, 2 Kids: Police
Authorities said a Connecticut man was on drugs and nodding off when he lost control of a fully loaded commercial truck and crashed into a car earlier this year, killing a woman and two young children.
New Haven County resident William Kundert, age 42, of Oxford, was arrested and charged with multiple felonies in the Feb. 4 crash in Beacon Falls, Connecticut State Police said.
Riquelme Alves Brito, 3, Laura Alves Brito, 6, and their mother Andreas De Brito-Alves, age 26, of Bridgeport, were killed in the crash, police said.
New Haven County resident Thiago Perei…
