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Support Swells For 29-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient From Stamford Support Swells For 29-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient From Stamford
Support Swells For 29-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient From Stamford A community in Fairfield County is coming together to support the family of a 29-year-old heart transplant recipient as he recovers from his surgery.  Stamford resident Mateo Gallego, age 29, became the recipient of a new heart after experiencing chest pain on Monday, May 15. When his condition began rapidly deteriorating, he was taken to Stamford Hospital before he was transferred to Yale Hospital.  There, he was admitted for an unexpected heart transplant after he was diagnosed with heart failure, according to his father, Jorge Gallego, who began a GoFundMe fundraiser page …

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by Ben Crnic
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Fiery Crash: Person Killed After Colliding With Vehicle Stopped On I-95 Due To Flat Tire Fiery Crash: Person Killed After Colliding With Vehicle Stopped On I-95 Due To Flat Tire
Fiery Crash: Person Killed After Colliding With Vehicle Stopped On I-95 Due To Flat Tire A tractor-trailer driver was killed in a fiery crash on I-95 after colliding with a vehicle that had stopped on the roadside of a busy bridge with a flat tire. The crash took place in New Haven around 8:30 p.m., Sunday, April 2, at the entrance to the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, according to Connecticut State Police. State police said the crash occurred when a 2008 Mazda 5 driven by a 17-year-old Fairfield County girl, a resident of Trumbull, was stopped on the right shoulder of the bridge when it was struck by the tractor-trailer that was attempting to pass in the "Exit Only" lane. The …

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by Kathy Reakes