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CT Woman Busted Driving Wrong-Way In Old Saybrook, Led Cops On Slow-Speed Chase: Police CT Woman Busted Driving Wrong-Way In Old Saybrook, Led Cops On Slow-Speed Chase: Police
CT Woman Busted Driving Wrong-Way In Old Saybrook, Led Cops On Slow-Speed Chase: Police A Connecticut woman was arrested after allegedly driving the wrong way on Route 9 in Old Saybrook while intoxicated, according to police. Patricia Shanahan, 58, was taken into custody on Saturday, Jan. 18, around 10:30 p.m., following a slow-speed chase between Exits 2 and 3 on Route 9, Connecticut State Police said. Troopers said they spotted Shanahan driving north in the southbound lanes and stopped their cruiser in front of her vehicle to pull her over. Shanahan reportedly told the trooper she didn’t realize she was driving in the wrong direction. Click here to watch police confront&nb…

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
Driver ID'd In Fatal In Single-Vehicle Crash On Route 9 In Haddam Driver ID'd In Fatal In Single-Vehicle Crash On Route 9 In Haddam
Driver ID'd In Fatal In Single-Vehicle Crash On Route 9 In Haddam Police have identified the 61-year-old man who was killed on Thursday, Jan. 2, when his car crashed on Route 9, authorities said.  Francisco Alves Ribeiro, of Danbury, was driving south around 6 a.m. when his Honda Accord left the roadway and crashed into a tree in the grass median near Exit 19, Connecticut State Police said.  Police closed the highway for several hours as they cleaned, cleared, and investigated the scene. It's unclear what caused him to lose control and leave the highway.  Investigators ask anyone who witnessed the crash or has any information about it to …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Serious Rollover Crash Shuts Route 9 In Haddam Serious Rollover Crash Shuts Route 9 In Haddam
Serious Rollover Crash Shuts Route 9 In Haddam Route 9 in Haddam was closed Thursday morning, Jan. 2 for a serious crash, officials said. CT State Police said the crash involved a one-vehicle rollover in the southbound lanes near Exit 15. Serious injuries were reported. The highway is closed for investigation. Anyone traveling through the area is urged to seek an alternative route, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
'Heart Full Of Kindness': State Police Chaplain Killed In Crash Remembered For His Compassion 'Heart Full Of Kindness': State Police Chaplain Killed In Crash Remembered For His Compassion
Rev. Paul Krampitz Was Killed In Berlin Motorcycle Crash Dr. Rev. Paul Krampitz didn't look like a preacher, but his friends and colleagues said he was built for it.   Middlesex County resident Paul Krampitz, age 65, of Cromwell, was killed Thursday, Sept. 18, when a car crashed into his Harley Davidson motorcycle around 4:15 p.m. near Exit 33 on Route 9 in Berlin, Connecticut State Police said. Paramedics rushed him to New Britain Hospital, where he died of his injuries.  The crash is under investigation.  Krampitz, who went by the nickname Styx, was the Connecticut State Police chaplain, a preacher at Be…

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by Josh Lanier