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Woman Struck By Several Vehicles While Crossing Busy CT Roadway, Police Say
A 43-year-old Connecticut woman was killed after she was struck by multiple vehicles while crossing a busy roadway. The incident took place in New Haven County in Orange around 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 14 on Boston Post Road in front of McDonald's. Responding officers found the victim lying in the roadway with multiple traumatic injuries, said Assistant Chief Max Martins of the Orange Police Department. The victim, identified as Khurshida Mohamadi, age 43, of West Haven was transported by AMR ambulance to Yale New Haven Hospital where she was pronounced dead, said Martins. The Depar…
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Child Left In Car In 'Extreme Heat,' Father Arrested In Bridgeport, Police Say
The father of a small child allegedly left in a car in extreme heat while he shopped in Fairfield County has been charged with reckless endangerment. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6 in the parking lot of the Bass Pro Shop. According to Scott Appleby, emergency management director for the City of Bridgeport, the department received a 911 call from a person reporting she and two others came upon a small child that was left in a vehicle and the child was banging on the window. The woman indicated they had to break the window to retrieve the child due …
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Armed Home Invasion: Suspects On Run After Incident At Occupied Fairfield County Residence
Police in Fairfield County are searching for armed men who allegedly broke into an occupied home. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 9 a.m., Monday, Jan. 30 in the 600 block of Brooks Street. Bridgeport Police officers responded after receiving a 911 call of a burglary in progress, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management. When officers arrived, they found a home invasion while a woman and her two children were at home by several armed men, Appleby said. Appleby said the men displayed a firearm and fled the residence with the woman's cell phone. AMR was dispat…
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27-Year-Old Who Stepped Out Of Car After Crash Struck, Killed By SUV On CT Roadway
Connecticut State Police are seeking witnesses to a five-car crash that killed a 27-year-old Connecticut man who was struck on I-91 after getting out of his Honda Accord when it became disabled. The crash occurred in New Haven around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 northbound on I-91. According to state police, Thomas Mieles, of New Haven, was traveling northbound when he hit a concrete barrier causing his car to become disabled in the left lane. Immediately after Mieles crashed, two vehicles driven by a 25-year-old West Haven woman and a 47-year-old Southington woman stopped directly ahead of…
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1 Dead, 2 Wounded In Fairfield County Shooting, Police Say
A report of shots fired in Fairfield County led to the discovery of one person shot to death and two others with gunshot wounds. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 1:40 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 near the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Broad Street. Bridgeport police and AMR medics responded to the scene where they found 29-year-old Dominique Jones, of Bridgeport, who appeared to have been shot to death, said Capt. Kevin Gilleran of the Bridgeport Police. Jones was found in a parking lot located at the northeast corner of the intersection, he added. A 27-year-old Bridgeport ma…
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Man Screaming For Help Rescued From Drowning By Police Officers In Fairfield County
Two Fairfield County police officers came to the rescue of a man who was screaming for help and drowning after jumping into the Long Island Sound to save his dog. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18 near the Seaside Park Bathhouse. The officers responded after the department received a 911 call of a person in the water, screaming and possibly drowning, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for the City of Bridgeport. Bridgeport Fire & Police Marine units along with AMR were dispatched including Sgt. David Neary And Officer Jason Goncalv…
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Officers Save Baby Choking, Gasping For Air In Western Mass
Two police officers in Western Massachusetts are being hailed as heroes after saving a baby who was choking. The incident took place in Springfield on Monday, May 9. Springfield Police officers Christopher Charles and Luis Rodriguez were working a construction detail at the intersection of Bradley and Wilbraham Roads when a vehicle approached the work zone, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police. A woman got out of the vehicle and began screaming that her baby wasn’t breathing. The officers immediately ran to the vehicle and found the 3-month-old baby girl to be pale, chokin…
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One Seriously Injured In Fairfield County Car Crash Into Building, Police Say
One person received serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a car crashed into a Fairfield County business. The crash took place around 2:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27 on Post Road (Route 1) in Fairfield. The Fairfield Fire Department arrived on the scene and found that a car had slammed into the front of an eyewear business trapping the driver, the department said. Firefighters worked to extricate the driver of the car who sustained what is believed to be serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the driver said. The driver was transported to the hospital by AMR for treatment…
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Two Injured After Vehicle Crashes Into Fairfield County Building, Police Say
Two drivers in Fairfield County were taken to the hospital after a multi-car crash in which one of the vehicles crashed into a building. The crash took place around 8 p.m., Monday, Dec. 6, when police were patrolling in Bridgeport in the area of Park Avenue and Olive Street when they came upon a multiple vehicle crash with one of the vehicles into a building in the 1300 block of Park Avenue. According to Scott Appleby, the City of Bridgeport's director of Emergency Management, officers immediately rendered aid to the drivers of the vehicle as the fire department and ambulances were en route…
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Five Hospitalized After Multi-Vehicle Crash In Fairfield County
At least five people were injured in Fairfield County when a person allegedly driving a stolen vehicle while under the influence slammed into other cars, authorities said. The crash took place around 7:20 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 31, on North Avenue in Bridgeport. A preliminary report indicated a person hit multiple cars with his vehicle before crashing into a tree, according to Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for the City of Bridgeport. Bridgeport police officers responded and found that one of the vehicles had just been reported stolen from a gas station moments bef…
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Person Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Hit-Run Crash Near Gas Station In Fairfield County
A person was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a busy Fairfield County roadway. The crash took place around 9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10, at North Avenue and French Street in Bridgeport near the Citgo gas station. According to Sergeant Gabe Meszaros, of the Bridgeport Police, a male pedestrian was crossing North Avenue from the south side of the street when he was struck in the left travel lane by a dark unidentified vehicle. The vehicle failed to stop and continued eastbound on North Avenue, Meszaros said. The Bridgeport Fire Department and AMR responded to …
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Five Rescued From Water After Boat Hits Rocks Off Fairfield County Coast
Five people aboard a boat in distress were rescued off the coast of Fairfield County. Just before 10:20 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, marine units in Bridgeport responded to the boat off the Penfield Lighthouse. "Preliminary reports indicated that all parties were in the water due to their boat hitting the rocks," said Scott Appleby, the City of Bridgeport's Director of the Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security/Emergency Communications. The Bridgeport Police Marine and Fire Boat were dispatched and were able to rescue the five from the water and transpor…
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Person Critically Injured After Being Struck By Jeep At Intersection In Fairfield County
A person was critically injured after being struck by a Jeep at an intersection in Fairfield County. It happened around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6 in Bridgeport. A pedestrian from Stratford was crossing Boston Avenue and Weber Avenue from the northeast corner heading southbound when a red Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Boston Avenue, driven by a man from Shelton, struck the pedestrian, Bridgeport Police Department Traffic Division Crash Investigator Sergeant Gabe Meszaros said. After striking the pedestrian the driver pulled his vehicle over and remained on …
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Man's Toes Crushed During Accident At Fairfield County Recycling Plant
A 52-year-old man had his toes crushed during an industrial accident in Connecticut. The incident took place around 1:340 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 18, in Fairfield County at a scrap metal recycling plant at 266 Knowlton St., in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management. According to Appleby, the injury occurred when a steel box was lowered to the ground, causing a crushing injury to the toes of the man's left foot He was treated on scene by Bridgeport Fire Units and transported by AMR. It appears this was not the forklift itself that caused the …
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