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New Details: 6-Year-Old CT Boy Killed In Go-Kart Crash New Details: 6-Year-Old CT Boy Killed In Go-Kart Crash
New Details: 6-Year-Old CT Boy Killed In Go-Kart Crash This story has been updated. A 6-year-old boy was killed in a go-kart crash at a Connecticut park. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in Meriden, in the area of Kroneberger Park. According to Lt. Darrin McKay of the Meriden Police Department, officers responded after 911 callers reported that a child had been driving the go-kart and sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash. A preliminary investigation revealed that two boys, ages six and four, were in the go-kart. While driving in Kronenberger Park's parking lot, the go-k…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Run Over By Tractor At Farm In Connecticut, Police Say Man Run Over By Tractor At Farm In Connecticut, Police Say
Man Run Over By Tractor At Farm In Connecticut, Police Say A man was injured when he was run over by a tractor while working at a Connecticut farm. The incident took place around 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, at the Strawberry Farm located in Litchfield County in Washington, said the Connecticut State Police. The man was transported to Hartford Hospital by Life Star.   A second person was transported by ground EMS to a secondary medical center for a laceration to the leg, state police said.   The injury to the second person was sustained after being knocked down while securing a horse.   Both parties were conscious an…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine
CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine An employee at a Connecticut food plant was seriously injured after becoming impaled on a pasta machine. The incident took place around 3:30 a.m., Monday, March 21 at Carla's Pasta, 50 Talbot Lane, in South Windsor, in Hartford County. The South Windsor Fire Department responded to the restaurant for a report of an employee with his armed trapped in a pasta roller machine. Car 19 responded first, and while en route, was updated the man was trapped up to his elbow.  The patient was both entangled and impaled by the machine, which was in a tight location both above and under conveyor b…

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by Kathy Reakes