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14-Year-Old CT Boy Killed In Dirt Bike Crash 14-Year-Old CT Boy Killed In Dirt Bike Crash
14-Year-Old CT Boy Killed In Dirt Bike Crash A 14-year-old Connecticut boy was killed over the weekend when he crashed his dirt bike into a rocky embankment, authorities said. Now, the community is coming together to help his family.  Erik Brooker, a freshman at RHAM High School in Hebron, died when he lost control of his dirt bike on an S-curve on Burnt Hill Road in Hebron shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, Connecticut State Police said. His bike hit a rocky embankment and threw him from the vehicle. Paramedics rushed the teen to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, police said. Regional School District…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Girl, 11, Dies By Suicide After School Bullies Say ICE Will Deport Her Family: Reports Girl, 11, Dies By Suicide After School Bullies Say ICE Will Deport Her Family: Reports
Girl, 11, Dies By Suicide After School Bullies Say ICE Will Deport Her Family: Reports An 11-year-old Texas girl has died by suicide after classmates bullied her for being Hispanic and threatened to have ICE agents deport her family, according to reports. Jocelynn Rojo Carranza of Gainesville, TX, died on Saturday, Feb. 8, five days after she was rushed to a hospital, Univision 23 reported. She was a student at Gainesville Intermediate School, about an hour north of Dallas. Her mother Marbella Carranza told Univision that students repeatedly taunted her daughter, saying her family would be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "I waited a whole week for a mi…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
New Update - Fatal CT House Fire: Elementary School Student ID'd As Victim New Update - Fatal CT House Fire: Elementary School Student ID'd As Victim
New Update - Fatal CT House Fire: Elementary School Student ID'd As Victim A student of a Connecticut elementary school has been identified as the victim of a house fire in a quiet neighborhood. Related: Person Found Dead After House Fire Breaks Out In Quiet Middlefield Neighborhood The incident occurred in Middlesex County around 1 a.m., Friday, Sept. 6, on Dwight Drive in Middlefield.  According to Doug Schuch, the superintendent of Regional School District 13, the child, whose name has not yet been released, attended John Lyman Elementary School. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this child in this most difficult time, Schuch w…

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by Kathy Reakes