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Woman Driving Drunk, Wrong Way Nabbed After Vehicle Bursts Into Flames In Region: Police Woman Driving Drunk, Wrong Way Nabbed After Vehicle Bursts Into Flames In Region: Police
Woman Driving Drunk, Wrong Way Nabbed After Vehicle Bursts Into Flames In Region: Police A woman was apprehended outside a vehicle that had burst into flames after police say she was driving the wrong way while intoxicated on a Connecticut roadway. The incident happened in Hartford County just before 3 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 on I-384 in Manchester. Connecticut State Police Troop H in Hartford received multiple calls reporting a wrong way driver traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes. Troopers then received additional reports that the same vehicle was on fire in the left lane, prior to the Exit 1 entrance ramp to I-384 eastbound. Responding troopers located the vehicle…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Driver Dies In Fiery Single-Vehicle Crash In Region Driver Dies In Fiery Single-Vehicle Crash In Region
Driver Dies In Fiery Single-Vehicle Crash In Region Police are investigating after a driver was killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Connecticut.  Authorities in Hartford County responded to a report of a crash in the area of Center Street and Fairview Street in Manchester at about 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, according to the Manchester Police Department. Responding officers located a heavily damaged vehicle that was engulfed in flames and had crashed into the building wall of 600 Center St., police said.  The driver was trapped inside the vehicle, police said. The fire department extinguished the blaze, and the driver was …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
One Seriously Injured, Three Others Hospitalized In Fiery Crash In Region One Seriously Injured, Three Others Hospitalized In Fiery Crash In Region
One Seriously Injured, Three Others Hospitalized In Fiery Crash In Region One person was seriously injured and three others hospitalized following a two-vehicle rollover crash in Western Massachusetts that caused an SUV to burst into flames. The crash took place in Hampden County around 1:20 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23, in the area of 675 Memorial Ave., in Springfield. According to Springfield Police, the two cars involved were traveling eastbound on Memorial Avenue when an SUV struck another vehicle while passing it.  The SUV then lost control and struck the guardrail in front of Central Chevrolet, rolled over, and caught on fire.  After the fire was ex…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
State Police Investigating Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Worcester County Crash State Police Investigating Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Worcester County Crash
State Police Investigating Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Worcester County Crash Police are investigating after two drivers were killed in a wrong-way crash in Massachusetts. Troopers in Worcester County responded to the crash on Route 2 in Phillipston at about 11 p.m., according to the Massachusetts State Police. State Police had received reports shortly before 11 p.m. about a driver going west on the eastbound side of Route 2. Authorities then received reports about a head-on crash on the eastbound side west of Exit 79 in Phillipston.  Police said the crash involved a 2014 Chevy Sonic and a 2018 Ford Escape. Authorities said the Ford left the roadway and we…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Two Killed In Crash At Busy Intersection In Hartford County Two Killed In Crash At Busy Intersection In Hartford County
Two Killed In Crash At Busy Intersection In Hartford County Two people were killed in a crash at a busy Connecticut intersection in which one of the vehicles caught fire. The crash took place in Hartford County at 4:43 p.m., Monday, August 2, at the intersection of Windsor Avenue at Park Avenue in Windsor, said Capt. Andrew Power. With the assistance of citizens, arriving officers extricated and rendered aid to three injured persons, two of which were unresponsive, Power said. One of the cars had caught fire as a result of the crash, he added. The investigation revealed that a Chevy Malibu was driving northbound in the southbou…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Man Dies Attempting To Rev His Way Out Of A Snowbank Man Dies Attempting To Rev His Way Out Of A Snowbank
Man Dies Attempting To Rev His Way Out Of A Snowbank A New Jersey man has died after attempts to drive his car out of a snowbank proved fatal. On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Little Ferry Police responded to a report of a vehicle stuck in the snow around 9 a.m. near Mehrof Road. Though it could not be seen through the piles of snow the car, a four-door Mazda SUV hatchback had driven up on a parking divider with part of the car on the grass, according to NBC News. When police arrived on the scene they saw the driver repeatedly revving his engine and spinning his tires in an attempt to free the car. The officers yelled that his plan wasn’t working and…

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by Kristin Palpini