Princeton Alum Injured In Deadly New Orleans Attack That Killed Former Teammate Princeton Alum Injured In Deadly New Orleans Attack That Killed Former Teammate
Princeton Alum Injured In Deadly New Orleans Attack That Killed Former Teammate Ryan Quigley, a 2020 Princeton University graduate and former classmate and coworker of Tiger Bech, was injured in the deadly New Orleans pickup truck attack early Wednesday, Jan. 1. Quigley, a Lansdale Catholic High School graduate from the Class of 2016, was hospitalized following the attack, which claimed at least 15 lives, including Bech’s, in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Quigley and Bech both worked at Seaport Global Holdings LLC, a financial services firm in New York, and had remained close since their time at Princeton. Ryan Quigley Facebook/Ryan Quigley @ryan.quigley.3…
Woman Killed, 3 Hurt in Waterbury Crash; Police Search for Jeep That Fled Scene Woman Killed, 3 Hurt in Waterbury Crash; Police Search for Jeep That Fled Scene
Woman Killed, 3 Hurt in Waterbury Crash; Police Search for Jeep That Fled Scene A three-car Connecticut crash has left one woman dead and three others seriously injured in Waterbury, sparking an urgent search for a Jeep that fled the scene, authorities said. Police responded to 434 Baldwin St. in Waterbury just before 3:15 a.m. on Sunday for a crash involving a 2013 Dodge Dart, a 2018 Ford EcoSport, and a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee. By the time officers arrived, those inside the Jeep had fled the scene and remained unidentified. Andrea Sherman, 46, of Waterbury, was a passenger in the Dodge Dart and sustained serious injuries in the crash before being pronounced dead at…
Christmas Day CT Hit, Run Crash Sends Victim To Hospital In Critical Condition Christmas Day CT Hit, Run Crash Sends Victim To Hospital In Critical Condition
Christmas Day CT Hit, Run Crash Sends Victim To Hospital In Critical Condition Investigators in Connecticut are asking for the public's help to track down a car that they believe crashed into someone walking along the side of the road on Christmas, severely injuring them, and did not stop, authorities said.  The crash happened just before 7:45 p.m. in front of 26 Lake Ave. in Danbury, authorities said. The victim was left lying on the side of the road with severe but non-life-threatening injuries. Paramedics rushed them to Danbury Hospital for treatment.  Police didn't release any information on the victim.  Police shared a photo of a silver-color…
One Dead, 3 More Hospitalized In CT Fire — 8 Others Displaced: Report One Dead, 3 More Hospitalized In CT Fire — 8 Others Displaced: Report
One Dead, 3 More Hospitalized In CT Fire — 8 Others Displaced: Report An afternoon fire sent three people to the hospital, left one person dead in Connecticut, and displaced four others, a report said.  The blaze began just before 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, on Connecticut Avenue in Bridgeport, according to NBC Connecticut.  The cause of the fire was not released.  Paramedics rushed three people to an area hospital with unknown injuries and a fourth was taken to a morgue, per the report. The deceased's name was not released as of Thursday morning. The American Red Cross is assisting eight people—four adults and four children—who were displaced…
Freezing Worker Trapped In Trench Collapse Rescued By CT Firefighters Freezing Worker Trapped In Trench Collapse Rescued By CT Firefighters
Freezing Worker Trapped In Trench Collapse Rescued By CT Firefighters Connecticut firefighters rescued a man who was trapped after a trench he was working in collapsed, burying him in dirt up to his thighs, authorities said. Stamford firefighters were called to Hampton Lane just before 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, where they found the man trapped. He was alert and conscious when they arrived.  Rescue crews reinforced the trench walls with panels to stabilize them before they began to dig him out, Stamford authorities said. More than 20 rescuers worked quickly, digging in the dirt with their hands to pull the freezing man to safety. Firefighters and re…
National Guard Recruit, 19, ID'd As Victim Pinned Under Car, Left Critical In CT Bakery Crash National Guard Recruit, 19, ID'd As Victim Pinned Under Car, Left Critical In CT Bakery Crash
National Guard Recruit, 19, ID'd As Victim Pinned Under Car, Left Critical In CT Bakery Crash The 19-year-old man critically injured when a car slammed through the front of a Connecticut bakery last week has been identified by family as a National Guard recruit. Eric Fernandez was inside Rosa Vega Bakery in Torrington enjoying lunch when a 58-year-old man crashed his car through the front of the building around 11:45 a.m. Friday, Dec. 15, according to a GoFundMe campaign and details previously reported by Daily Voice. Fernandez became pinned underneath the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries.  After a lengthy extrication process, Fernandez was airlifted to the…
Passenger Killed In Crash With West Haven Officer ID'd As 23-Year-Old Man: Police Passenger Killed In Crash With West Haven Officer ID'd As 23-Year-Old Man: Police
Passenger Killed In Crash With West Haven Officer ID'd As 23-Year-Old Man: Police Police in Connecticut have identified the man who was killed in a fatal high-speed crash earlier this week when the car he was in careened into a police cruiser parked at a gas station, sending two others to the hospital, authorities said.  Panjala Neeraj Goud, 23, was killed early Monday morning, Dec. 16, when the driver of a Hyundai he was riding in lost control of the car and crashed into a West Haven police officer's cruiser, authorities said. Officers did not say where Goud lived.  The high-speed crash had left the officer seriously wounded and would likely be out of work for…
Driver In Critical Condition Following Waterbury Crash Driver In Critical Condition Following Waterbury Crash
Driver In Critical Condition Following Waterbury Crash A Connecticut man is battling for his life after a two-car crash in New Haven County earlier this week.  Waterbury police were called to the 2500 block of South Main Street crash around 8:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16.  Emergency crews had to cut a 49-year-old Naugatuck man from his vehicle so paramedics could rush him to Saint Mary’s Hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition, according to Waterbury police. The second driver, a 34-year-old Waterbury man, sustained a minor leg injury but declined medical transport at the scene, police said.  Pol…
Wrong Way Crash: Parents, Children From New Haven Injured On NY Parkway Wrong Way Crash: Parents, Children From New Haven Injured On NY Parkway
Wrong Way Crash: Parents, Children From New Haven Injured On NY Parkway Officials have revealed more details about a wrong-way crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester that left six people hospitalized, including a former mayor.  The crash, which happened around 12:10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, in the northbound lanes near Lincoln Avenue in Rye Brook, happened when a 2024 Mercedes sedan driving south struck a 2018 Dodge Durango carrying a family of five, according to Westchester County Police Chief James Luciano.  The Mercedes was driven by 75-year-old Joan Feinstein of Rye Brook, Luciano said. Feinstein, a longtime community volun…
After Car Crashes Through CT Bakery's Front Door, Injuring 4, Community Rallies To Help After Car Crashes Through CT Bakery's Front Door, Injuring 4, Community Rallies To Help
After Car Crashes Through CT Bakery's Front Door, Injuring 4, Community Rallies To Help A Connecticut community is rallying around a bakery that was destroyed after a car crashed through the storefront last week, sending four people to the hospital, including one with life-threatening injuries. Torrington police were called to Rosa Vega Bakery de Puerto Rico at 266 Main Street around 11:45 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, after a 58-year-old man crashed his car through the front of the building, authorities said. Gladys Medina, the 65-year-old mother of the bakery's owner, was taken to the hospital with burns after hot oil splashed onto her when the car hit the building, CT Insider re…
1 Dead, West Haven Police Officer Seriously Hurt In High-Speed Crash 1 Dead, West Haven Police Officer Seriously Hurt In High-Speed Crash
1 Dead, West Haven Police Officer Seriously Hurt In High-Speed Crash A high-speed crash at a Connecticut gas station left one person dead and sent two others, including a police officer, to the hospital with serious injuries, authorities said. West Haven officers were called to the Citgo gas station on Derby Avenue at 2:20 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, after a speeding Hyundai Elantra careened into a parked police cruiser in the station’s lot, authorities said.  Both the driver and passenger of the Hyundai were seriously injured in the crash, police reported. The officer, who was inside the cruiser at the time, also suffered a serious head injury. Emergency…
Cops ID Pilot, Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash At NY/CT Line Cops ID Pilot, Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash At NY/CT Line
Cops ID Pilot, Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash At NY/CT Line Authorities have released the identities of both the pilot who survived and the passenger who died in a small plane crash that shut down Interstate 684 at the border of Fairfield, CT and Westchester, CT counties for hours. Kalmen Goldberger, 26, of Linden, NJ, had reported engine trouble before the single-engine Tecnam P-2008 went down in the center median of I-684 near Exit 2 in Harrison Thursday, Dec. 12 around 7:15 p.m., officials said. Goldberger survived, however, his passenger, Jacob Yankele Friedman, 32, of the Rockland County hamlet of Monsey, was pronounced dead at the sc…