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CT Man, Teen Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Stone Wall Off Route 8 CT Man, Teen Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Stone Wall Off Route 8
CT Man, Teen Seriously Injured After Car Crashes Into Stone Wall Off Route 8 Two young men were seriously injured early Saturday morning, June 7, after their car veered off the road and slammed into a stone wall along a highway, authorities said. The crash happened around 3:15 a.m. on Route 8 North in Thomaston, according to Connecticut State Police. The 23-year-old Torrington driver and a 19-year-old passenger were transported to local hospitals with serious injuries. Doctors expect both to survive. Investigators are working to determine why the 2013 Honda Accord left the highway near Exit 40, struck a guardrail, and then collided with the wall. Anyone who witness…

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by Josh Lanier
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14-Year-Old Seriously Injured By Hit-Run Motorcyclist In Waterbury, Cops Say 14-Year-Old Seriously Injured By Hit-Run Motorcyclist In Waterbury, Cops Say
14-Year-Old Seriously Injured By Hit-Run Motorcyclist In Waterbury, Cops Say A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a motorcycle in Waterbury, authorities said. Police responded to the area of Grove Street and Cooke Street just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, after getting reports of a pedestrian struck, according to Lieutenant Ryan Bessette, public information officer for the Waterbury Police Department. Officers found the teenage pedestrian in the road. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he is being treated for serious injuries, Bessette said. The motorcycle fled the scene before police arrived, according to the report.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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CT Woman, 40, Dies In NJ Chain Reaction Crash: Police CT Woman, 40, Dies In NJ Chain Reaction Crash: Police
CT Woman, 40, Dies In NJ Chain Reaction Crash: Police A 40-year-old Connecticut woman died in a crash Thursday evening, Jan. 16 on Route 287 in New Jersey, authorities said. A Freightliner tractor-trailer, Honda Civic, Audi S5, and Ford F350 were heading north when he Freightliner struck the back of the Honda at approximately 5:40 p.m. near milepost 66.3 in Mahwah, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. What resulted was a chain-reaction crash involving the Audi and the Ford. As a result, the driver of the Honda, Lauren Kopko, of Stratford, CT, died. The driver of the Audi sustained minor injuries, and no other injuries were reporte…

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by Cecilia Levine