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Hartford Woman Dies From Injuries After Being Struck By Tractor-Trailer Hartford Woman Dies From Injuries After Being Struck By Tractor-Trailer
Hartford Woman Dies From Injuries After Being Struck By Tractor-Trailer A woman whose vehicle became disabled on I-84 in Fairfield County before she was struck by a tractor-trailer has died from her injuries. Hartford resident Samantha Figueroa, age 22, was driving her Mercury Grand Marquis LS on the Rochambeau Bridge on I-84 at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 24 when it became disabled in Newtown, Connecticut State Police said. Original story - Person Struck By Tractor-Trailer In Fairfield County While she was standing next to her disabled vehicle in the left of two lanes on the roadway attempting to flag down passing vehicles, a tractor-trailer stru…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For DUI After Crash Causing I-91 Closure, Police Say Man Nabbed For DUI After Crash Causing I-91 Closure, Police Say
Man Nabbed For DUI After Crash Causing I-91 Closure, Police Say A major Connecticut roadway was shut down for more than two hours after an alleged drunk driver lost control of his tractor-trailer and smashed into several guide rails. The crash took place around 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 13 in New Haven County on I-91 in Wallingford. According to the Connecticut State Police, a flat-bed tractor-trailer, driven by Dennis Goncalves Medeiros, age 46, had been traveling on I-91 northbound, prior to Exit 13, when the tractor-trailer began to swerve across all three lanes on the roadway.  The tractor-trailer hit a metal guard rail located adjacent to the l…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Second Time This Month: Man Pulled Over On Mass Pike Is Killed By A Tractor-Trailer Second Time This Month: Man Pulled Over On Mass Pike Is Killed By A Tractor-Trailer
Second Time This Month: Man Pulled Over On Mass Pike Is Killed By A Tractor-Trailer Police have identified the victim of a fatal Mass Pike collision involving a tractor-trailer truck and a man on the side of the road attempting to fix his vehicle. This is the second time in February 2021 that a person in a broken-down vehicle on the side of I-90 was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. The most recent accident happened on Saturday, Feb. 20, around 6 a.m. Massachusetts State Troopers responded to a report of a man being hit by a vehicle. Police determined that the man who was struck, Mustapha Faddi, 57, had pulled his vehicle over on the side of the road to check on a m…

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by Kristin Palpini