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2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report 2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report
2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report Hundreds of students of Maine Maritime Academy gathered over the weekend to honor four of their classmates who were killed in an early morning crash on Saturday, Dec. 10, including two young men from Massachusetts, reports said.  Maine police identified Luke Simpson, 22, of Rockport, and Riley Ignacio-Cameron, 20, of Aquinnah, Brian Kenealy, 20, and Chase Fossett, 21, both of Maine, as those who died in the Saturday, Dec. 10 crash in Castine, Maine, ABC6 reported.  Investigators told reporters that a 2013 Range Rover loaded with seven students of the Maritime Academy slammed into a tree on…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Man Hospitalized After SUV Crashes Into CT Reservoir Man Hospitalized After SUV Crashes Into CT Reservoir
Man Hospitalized After SUV Crashes Into CT Reservoir A 37-year-old Connecticut man remains in the hospital after the SUV he was driving plunged into an area reservoir. The incident took place in Hartford County around 11:55 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, on Lake Street in Vernon. According to Lt. Robert Marra of the Vernon Police, the man, who has not been identified, was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV on Lake Street when for some reason the vehicle veered off the roadway and into Risley Reservoir. When Vernon police responded, the man was out of the SUV but was injured and disoriented, Marra said. He was taken to Manchester Hospital, where he rema…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT State Police Seek Witnesses After Stabbing During Assault At Shopping Plaza Parking Lot CT State Police Seek Witnesses After Stabbing During Assault At Shopping Plaza Parking Lot
CT State Police Seek Witnesses After Stabbing During Assault At Shopping Plaza Parking Lot Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help identifying three vehicles in an alleged stabbing attack of a man in a plaza shopping lot. The incident took place in Litchfield County around 5:25 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 in Woodbury at the Woodbury Green South Plaza at 787 Main Street South. According to Connecticut State Police, troopers were dispatched for a reported assault. During the course of an investigation, troopers identified a man who participated in the altercation in the parking lot and sustained a suspected stab wound to his upper torso.  The man was transported by p…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home
Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home New details have emerged after two teenagers were injured in a broad-daylight shooting outside the home of New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, a US Congressman representing parts of Long Island. The incident happened around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 in Suffolk County in the hamlet of Shirley. Three teenagers were walking on Saint George Drive West when a dark-colored vehicle went by and an occupant fired multiple gunshots through the vehicle’s window, Suffolk County Police said. Two 17-year-old boys were struck and attempted to hide in the yard of a residence on the str…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman, 53, Killed In Western Mass Crash ID Released For Woman, 53, Killed In Western Mass Crash
ID Released For Woman, 53, Killed In Western Mass Crash Authorities have identified a 53-year-old woman who died in a two-car crash in Western Massachusetts over the weekend as Rebecca Whitehead of Winston-Salem, NC.  The Franklin County crash happened in Ashfield at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Route 116  around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Whitehead died at the scene of the crash around 6:10 p.m., the office continued. No one else in her vehicle.  The driver of the other vehicle involved, a 22-year-old man from East Longmeadow, was t…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Body Found In Vermont Identified As Missing Massachusetts Woman: Police Body Found In Vermont Identified As Missing Massachusetts Woman: Police
Body Found In Vermont Identified As Missing Massachusetts Woman: Police A body found in Brattleboro, V.t. has been identified as a missing 23-year-old woman from Harvard, Mass., authorities said.  Mary Anderson was reported missing over the weekend after she did not return home from visiting friends in Hudson, N.H., on Sunday, July 17, Harvard Police said.  #BREAKING Vehicle which police were looking for in case of missing Harvard woman found in Vermont, with a body inside the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/1nfRKa6t4C — WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) July 19, 2022 Anderson's family recently told MassLive that they believe she was abducted due to the "uncharacteris…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Boston Firefighter Catches Baby As Crews Battle 2-Alarm House Fire Off-Duty Boston Firefighter Catches Baby As Crews Battle 2-Alarm House Fire
Off-Duty Boston Firefighter Catches Baby As Crews Battle 2-Alarm House Fire An off-duty firefighter jumped into action while helping his Boston brethren battle a 2-alarm fire that injured two people and displaced seven, fire officials said.  The fire occurred in the back of a multi-family home at 22 Norton Street in Hyde Park around 7:10 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, Boston Fire said on Twitter.  At approximately 7:10 heavy fire in the rear of 22 Norton St. Hyde Park. A second alarm was immediately ordered. pic.twitter.com/IGrLUynZBU — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) July 17, 2022 The fire reportedly spread from the first and second floors up to the roof, officials…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
38-Year-Old Killed In Horrific Crash On Busy CT Roadway 38-Year-Old Killed In Horrific Crash On Busy CT Roadway
38-Year-Old Killed In Horrific Crash On Busy CT Roadway A 38-year-old tow-truck driver assisting a disabled driver on I-91 in Connecticut died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New Haven County, officials said. Shortly after 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, in North Haven, first responders responded to a stretch of the interstate after Tolland County resident Christopher Russell, of Ellington, was struck by a driver near Exit 11. According to police, Russell “was projected and struck the trunk and rear windshield of (the vehicle he was assisting) before falling to a prone position facing east in the right shoulder (of I-91).” Russel…

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by Zak Failla
News
Teen, Woman Injured In Shooting On CT Street Teen, Woman Injured In Shooting On CT Street
Teen, Woman Injured In Shooting On CT Street Two people were injured, one critically, in a shooting on a busy Connecticut street. The shooting took place in Hartford around 7 p.m., Sunday, April 24, at 18 Townley St., next to Saint Francis Hospital. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, officers responded to the area after receiving calls of shots fired and found evidence of a shooting, but no victims. While on the scene, two victims arrived at an area hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds, Boisvert said. The first victim, a woman in her 30s, was suffering from a single gunshot wound and is liste…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Teen Dies After House Fire Breaks Out In Hampden County Teen Dies After House Fire Breaks Out In Hampden County
Teen Dies After House Fire Breaks Out In Hampden County A teen was killed and an adult seriously injured during a raging house fire in Western Massachusetts, authorities announced. It happened in Hampden County around 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 9 at a home in Agawam. Agawam firefighters responded to the area of Squire Lane following a 911 call, said Agawam Fire Chief Alan Sirois.  On arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke and flames on all sides of the two-story structure, and a second alarm was ordered a short time later, Sirois said. Sections of the roof collapsed over the main house, as well as the attached garage during the fire, offi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Investigating Death Of Baby At CT Motel Police Investigating Death Of Baby At CT Motel
Police Investigating Death Of Baby At CT Motel Police are investigating the death of a baby at a motel in Connecticut. Authorities in Hartford County responded to a report of a medical incident, which was described as a "fall," at the Motel 6 in Enfield at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1, police said. After arriving at the scene at 11 Hazard Ave., investigators found the deceased "pre-term" baby, Enfield Police reported. The Enfield Police Department and the Connecticut State Police Major Crime Squad are continuing to investigate the case.

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Two Killed, Another Seriously Injured In Four-Vehicle CT Crash Two Killed, Another Seriously Injured In Four-Vehicle CT Crash
Two Killed, Another Seriously Injured In Four-Vehicle CT Crash Two people were killed and a third suffered serious injuries in a multi-vehicle crash in Connecticut, police said. Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27 in Hartford County, Newington Police Chief Stephen Clark said that there were two confirmed fatalities in a four-vehicle crash that happened near the intersection of East Cedar Street and Patricia M. Genova Drive. The two victims have been identified as Middlesex County resident Mark Steiner, age 61, of East Hampton, and 29-year-old Hartford County resident Alexis Soto, of Wethersfield. A third person also suffered “serious injuries”…

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by Zak Failla