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Ex-High School Coach Gets Prison Term For Hit-Run Crash That Gave Teen Traumatic Brain Injury
A former Connecticut zoning official has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading no contest to a drunken hit-and-run crash that left a teenager with severe brain damage, authorities said.
John Egan, 59, the former chair of Waterbury’s zoning commission, received a 10-year sentence on Tuesday, Jan. 7, with all but two years suspended, authorities said.
Egan struck Brian Calle, then 17, as he rode his scooter home from work just after midnight on May 26, 2023, at the intersection of Highland Avenue and West Main Street. Egan allegedly fled the scene, leaving Calle critically inju…
Double-Fatal Crash: Man Charged In Death Of Mom, Son On CT Roadway
A 29-year-old man is now charged in the death of a Connecticut mother and son last year after he allegedly crashed into them on the side of the interstate after their car broke down.
Derion Coker, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, faces two counts of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, two counts of evading responsibility resulting in death or serious injury, and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Connecticut State Police said Tuesday, June 6.
Coker is accused of killing Jamie Krajewski, age 33, and her 17-year-old son Tyshon Ozzie Harper in…
Professor In New England Accused Of Running Over Cop Boyfriend, Leaving Him To Die In Snow Bank
A Massachusetts adjunct professor has been arrested and charged with the death of a longtime police officer.
Karen Read, age 41, of Mansfield, a lecturer at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, was charged with manslaughter for allegedly running over her Boston Police officer boyfriend and leaving him for dead in a snowbank while a Nor'easter roared across the area on Saturday, Jan. 29.
According to the Daily Mail, Read allegedly dropped John O'Keefe, age 46, a 16-year veteran of the Boston Police, off at a house in Canton.
O'Keefe, a widower with young children, …
