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CT Man Struck, Killed On Route 8 While Checking Damage From Earlier Crash: Police CT Man Struck, Killed On Route 8 While Checking Damage From Earlier Crash: Police
CT Man Struck, Killed On Route 8 While Checking Damage From Earlier Crash: Police A 45-year-old man from Connecticut was killed early Thursday after a bizarre chain of events ended with him being struck by a vehicle along Route 8, authorities said. Jimmy Bedard, of Wolcott, died shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday, May 15, near the Exit 26 off-ramp in Naugatuck, according to Connecticut State Police. Bedard’s Mercedes-Benz had previously been involved in a minor, unrelated crash and was parked on the shoulder of the highway when a Ford Super Duty pickup truck traveling in the same direction lost control and spun out, police said. The truck struck Bedard while he was standing…

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by Josh Lanier
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CT Man Killed In I-91 3-Car Crash Days Before His Birthday CT Man Killed In I-91 3-Car Crash Days Before His Birthday
CT Man Killed In I-91 3-Car Crash Days Before His Birthday A Connecticut man was killed after crashing into multiple trees following a three-car chain-reaction wreck on Interstate 91, authorities said. Manuel Benejan, 51, of Wallingford, died from injuries he sustained in the crash on Monday, April 7, according to Connecticut State Police. He would have turned 52 next week. Troopers responded to the wreck near Exit 13 in Wallingford around 6:45 a.m. An initial investigation found that Benejan was driving southbound on I-91 when, for unknown reasons, he veered into the center lane and struck a Nissan, police said. The impact sent the Nissan into a …

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by Josh Lanier
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CT Man, 56, Killed in I-91 Crash After Rear-Ending Trailer: Police CT Man, 56, Killed in I-91 Crash After Rear-Ending Trailer: Police
CT Man, 56, Killed in I-91 Crash After Rear-Ending Trailer: Police A 56-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a crash on I-91 in New Haven County, authorities said.  William Risley, of Watertown, died on Monday, Nov. 11, after he crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer truck on the interstate around 2 p.m., Connecticut State Police said.  According to the police report, Risley and the other vehicle were both in the center lane and had just passed exit 15 in Wallingford when the crash happened.  Paramedics rushed Risley to Midstate Hospital in Meriden, where he later died of his injuries.  The other driver, a 53-year-old man from S…

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by Josh Lanier