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Quick-Thinking Manager Saves Suicidal Man From Connecticut River In Western Mass Quick-Thinking Manager Saves Suicidal Man From Connecticut River In Western Mass
Quick-Thinking Manager Saves Suicidal Man From Connecticut River In Western Mass A 22-year-old man tried to commit suicide by jumping from the North End Bridge in Springfield on Sunday, July 9, but he was saved thanks to the head of a waterfront club, police said.  The aptly named Benjamin Quick moved fast when he heard someone screaming from the Connecticut River just after 7:30 p.m. The executive director of Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club jumped into a boat and sped out to lend a hand.  Quick pulled the man to safety, and officers took him to Baystate Medical Center for help.  Springfield Police Superintendent Cheryl Clapprood said in a news relea…

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by Josh Lanier
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Man From Region Stabs Victim, Injects Self With Fentanyl, Police Say Man From Region Stabs Victim, Injects Self With Fentanyl, Police Say
Man From Region Stabs Victim, Injects Self With Fentanyl, Police Say A Connecticut man allegedly stabbed another man and then injected himself with a vial of fentanyl attempting to commit suicide. The incident took place in Hartford County around 10 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at 456 Elm St., in Windsor Locks. Officers responded to the home on a reported stabbing. As they arrived they were informed that the offender, identified as Sean Colgan, age 43, of Windsor Locks, was attempting to overdose on fentanyl and that he would attack police if he were still alive upon their arrival, said Lt. Paul Cerniack. The victim, a 31-year-old came out of the front do…

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by Kathy Reakes