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20-Year-Old CT Tractor Driver Killed In Crash, Police Say
A 20-year-old Connecticut man crossing a roadway on a tractor was struck and killed by a passing car.
The crash took place in Hartford County in East Granby, around 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 14 on Floydville Road.
According to the Connecticut State Police, a 33-year-old East Hartland woman identified as Lila Guarco, was driving a Jeep Cherokee Latitude on Floydville Road when she struck a tractor crossing the roadway.
Medics and firefighters from the East Granby Fire Department responded to the scene, but could not save the tractor driver, identified as Leonel Bernardo, of Hartford, state…
24-Year-Old Killed When Tesla Hits Pickup Truck In Crash Involving Fairfield Woman
Connecticut State Police are seeking witnesses to a crash on I-84 that killed a 24-year-old man.
The crash took place in Hartford County around 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 19 on I-84 in Southington.
According to state police, Elijah Joseph Vallier, age 24, of New Britain, was driving a 2003 Ford F-250 truck eastbound on the highway in the right lane of three when the driver of a 2023 Tesla Model 3 driven by Fairfield County resident Shannon James Sherry, age 47, of Fairfield, veered across the center lane, into the right lane and collided with the truck.
Due to the collision, Vallier…
Woman Also Struck In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Firefighter, CT State Police Now Say
Connecticut State Police say a woman was also struck in a five-vehicle crash that killed a popular off-duty firefighter.
New Haven Firefighter Thomas Mieles, age 27, was driving north on I-91 when his car became disabled in the left lane around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
Mieles, of New Haven, who was outside of his car, died when he was hit by an SUV during the crash, said the Connecticut State Police.
On Friday, Nov. 4, state police said a woman, identified as Bianca Devlin, also age 27, of New Haven, was standing near Mieles and was also struck by the SUV and suffered minor injuries…
2 Drivers Injured, 1 Seriously, In 3-Car CT Crash
Two drivers were injured, one seriously in a three-car crash on a busy Connecticut roadway.
The crash took place in Litchfield County around 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17 on Route 6 in Woodbury.
According to state police, Michael Daddona, age 78, a resident of the Town of Bethlehem in Litchfield County, was driving a Chevrolet Bolt south on Route 6 in when he crossed the center line and hit Constance Schanio, age 34, of Woodbury, heading north in a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The Jeep then spun into the southbound lanes and hit Carol Ann Hambrecht, age 77, of Southbury in New Haven County, …
Man Killed After Being Struck By Car On I-84
A man was killed after he was struck by a car on a stretch of I-84.
The incident happened just before 4 p.m. Sunday, June 5 in Danbury.
A 2016 Honda Fit being driven by a 27-year-old woman from Providence, Rhode Island, was traveling in the left of five lanes on I-84 eastbound, prior to Exit 4, Connecticut State Police said, when the pedestrian, identified as Mariano Canales-Hernandez, age 77, was attempting to cross the east lanes from the center median.
Canales-Hernandez, of Danbury, was then struck by the Honda in the left lane, according to police.
Canales-Hernand…
Man Dies After Being Hit By Car While Changing Tire In Region
A Western Massachusetts man was killed and a child was injured while changing a tire on the side of an area roadway.
The incident took place around 6:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 29, on Route 2 in Worcester County in Leominster, said the Massachusetts State Police.
According to state police, Franklin County resident Daniel Levangie, 44, of Wendell, was changing the tire on his 1997 Ford F350 in the breakdown lane on Route 2.
His family was out of the vehicle except for a minor who was asleep when a 51-year-old man from Fitchburg, driving a 2013 Chevy Sonic, drifted into the breakdown lane where …