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64-Year-Old Man Killed At Work After Heavy Machinery Crashes Into Him 64-Year-Old Man Killed At Work After Heavy Machinery Crashes Into Him
64-Year-Old Man Killed At Work After Heavy Machinery Crashes Into Him Police in Fairfield County and federal authorities are investigating the death of a 64-year-old worker at a business Wednesday morning, Oct. 30, after a piece of heavy machinery hit him, authorities said. The Stamford victim, who police did not name, was assisting a customer at the business around 8:15 a.m. when a 28-year-old Stamford front-end loader driver slammed into him, authorities said.  Stamford Police did not name the business.  Paramedics rushed the man to Stamford Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.  Police contacted the Occupational Safety and Heal…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Triple-Fatal CT Boating Accident Update: Bodies Of 2 Missing Persons Now Located Triple-Fatal CT Boating Accident Update: Bodies Of 2 Missing Persons Now Located
Triple-Fatal CT Boating Accident Update: Bodies Of 2 Missing Persons Now Located This story has been updated. As the fifth day of searching continued, the bodies of both missing Connecticut boaters from a Labor Day crash on Long Island Sound were found by divers. Related: New Update: 2 Still Missing After Fatal Old Saybrook Boat Accident The accident, which has now killed three, occurred in Middlesex County in Old Saybrook on Long Island Sound around 9:15 p.m., Monday, Sept. 2. According to Will Healey, spokesman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Police, multiple agencies responded and found a single 31-foot open motorboat flo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Crash: Woman Killed After Being Struck On CT Roadway Hit-Run Crash: Woman Killed After Being Struck On CT Roadway
Hit-Run Crash: Woman Killed After Being Struck On CT Roadway Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened overnight in Connecticut. Click here for a new, updated story: Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Waterbury Identified It happened around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 in Waterbury, in the area of 603 East Main St. Responding officers located a woman who had been struck in the roadway, said Lieutenant Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department. The pedestrian was transported to Saint Mary’s Hospital in Hartford, where she later succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. He…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: CT 65-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-84 Fatal Crash: CT 65-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-84
Fatal Crash: CT 65-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-84 A person was killed after being struck by a car in an early morning crash on a stretch of I-84 in Connecticut involving three Long Island residents. It happened around 5:10 a.m. Saturday, July 13, in Tolland County. A 2010 Nissan Altima was traveling eastbound in the right-center lane between exits 65 and 66 in the town of Vernon when it struck a pedestrian who was lying in the travel lane for unknown reasons, according to Connecticut State Police. The pedestrian, identified as John Kaszowski, age 65, of Manchester, suffered fatal injuries.  The Nissan was being d…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man, Woman, Both Age 33, Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash Man, Woman, Both Age 33, Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash
Man, Woman, Both Age 33, Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash A man and woman were killed after being thrown from a vehicle in a two-vehicle Connecticut crash. The collision occurred in New London County around 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at the intersection of North Burnham Highway, Kimball Road, and Meadowbrook Drive in Libson.  According to the Connecticut State Police, Trevor Pawlak, age 33, and Jessica Fowler, age 33, both of Griswold, in New London County, were killed after a 2023 Harley-Davidson motorcycle they were riding collided with a 2014 Volkswagen Passat attempting to make a turn. An investigation found that Pawlak was driving on …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Double-Fatal Crash: Man, Woman ID'd As Victims In Bridgeport Double-Fatal Crash: Man, Woman ID'd As Victims In Bridgeport
Double-Fatal Crash: Man, Woman ID'd As Victims In Bridgeport A man and a woman riding a motorcycle were killed when a vehicle allegedly turned in front of them on a Connecticut roadway. The pair that was killed has been identified as 32-year-old Carlos Jean Parra Rodriquez of Stratford, with his 21-year-old passenger Deivi Suarez of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Fairfield County crash occurred in Bridgeport around 6:20 p.m., Sunday, June 2, in the area of 1853 Stratford Ave. According to Sgt. Darryl Wilson of the Bridgeport Police, responding officers found two individuals on the ground next to Stratford Avenue and Edwin Street. The two appeared to b…

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by Kathy Reakes