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Teen Tries to Steal Car With 8-Year-Old Inside In North Haven, Good Samaritans Step In: Police Teen Tries to Steal Car With 8-Year-Old Inside In North Haven, Good Samaritans Step In: Police
Teen Tries to Steal Car With 8-Year-Old Inside In North Haven, Good Samaritans Step In: Police A 13-year-old tried to steal a food delivery driver’s car with their 8-year-old child still inside and nearly crashed it, authorities said. It was a chaotic and alarming scene on Universal Drive in North Haven when the driver stopped outside a Jersey Mike’s to pick up a food order, police said. The driver had left their vehicle running with the child inside. That’s when they spotted a teen climbing into the car and attempting to drive away, North Haven police said. The driver sprinted back, confronting the would-be thief and causing him to flee. In the chaos, the moving car briefly dragged…

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by Josh Lanier
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Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From Seymour House Fire Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From Seymour House Fire
Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From Seymour House Fire A Connecticut resident received heavy burns to his head and face while escaping from his burning home. The incident occurred in New Haven County on Lynn Terrace around 6 p.m., Thursday, in Seymour. According to Seymour Fire Marshal Timothy Willis, when firefighters arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames and an injured resident who had "self-evacuated." Willis said a Good Samaritan had jumped out of a passing car to help neighbors get the man in his 60s to the ambulance. The unidentified man was transported to the Bridgeport Hospital Burn Unit. His condition was not known on…

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by Kathy Reakes