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Mass Man Crashes Head-On Into CT Police Cruiser While Driving Wrong Way On Highway: Cops
An 85-year-old man crashed into a police car while driving the wrong way on a highway in Connecticut, authorities said.
Gerald Lapointe, of Florence, Massachusetts, was cited after he crashed into a Connecticut State Police car in Harwinton in Litchfield County just after midnight on Friday, Nov. 15, police said.
In the police cruiser dash cam video of the crash, the trooper flashes his spotlight on the driver to alert him, but Lapointe continues driving south in the northbound lane of Route 8, about a mile south of exit 44, authorities said.
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CT Girl Killed After Being Hit By Car While Talking With Family Member, Police Say
A 14-year-old Connecticut girl was killed after being hit by a car while she stood and talked with another driver in a Dodge Charger.
The accident took place in Litchfield County around 9 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 22, when the teen was talking with the driver of the Charger, who was a family member, on Route 222 (Hill Road), in Harwinton, said Connecticut State Pollice.
The teen who was standing on the shoulder of the roadway was hit when the second car, a Pontiac, swerved to the miss the stopped Charger, state police said.
The teen, identified as Kailey Prenoveau, of Harwinton, was pronoun…
