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Family Killed In Wrong-Way Merritt Parkway Crash On Way Home From Hospital Family Killed In Wrong-Way Merritt Parkway Crash On Way Home From Hospital
Family Killed In Wrong-Way Merritt Parkway Crash On Way Home From Hospital Three members of a Connecticut family killed in a wrong-way driver crash were on their way home from the hospital when killed. Related: IDs Released In Wrong-Way Merritt Parkway Crash With 4 Fatalities In Stratford ID Released For Driver In Stratford Crash That Killed 4 Fairfield County resident Steven P. Rowland, age 65, of Easton, was driving his aunt and uncle, Thomas and Olga Vitale, ages 80 and 81, also of Easton, home from Yale New Haven Hospital when all three were killed in the crash in Stratford, according to their obituaries. "While his death was abrupt and he…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Student Sexually Assaulted At Gunpoint At Her Yale University Residence, Police Say Student Sexually Assaulted At Gunpoint At Her Yale University Residence, Police Say
Student Sexually Assaulted At Gunpoint At Her Yale University Residence, Police Say A Yale University student was sexually assaulted after waking up to find an unknown man pointing a gun at her. The incident took place around 2 a.m., Tuesday, May 9, on the 300 block of Elm Street in New Haven. Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell said a graduate student was asleep in her residence when she awoke to an unknown male pointing a gun at her.  The man sexually assaulted her and fled the residence, the chief said. The victim was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital.  New Haven Police are investigating, and Yale Police have increased patrols in the area and are assist…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Doctor Shot, Killed By Disgruntled Patient In Tulsa Has Ties To Northeast Doctor Shot, Killed By Disgruntled Patient In Tulsa Has Ties To Northeast
Doctor Shot, Killed By Disgruntled Patient In Tulsa Has Ties To Northeast One of the victims in the mass shooting at the Tulsa, Oklahoma hospital has ties to the Northeast. Dr. Preston J. Phillips was a Harvard Medical School graduate who worked at the Yale New Haven Hospital for years during his residency before ultimately landing as an orthopedic surgeon at the hospital where he was murdered. Phillips, age 59, was one of four people who were shot and killed by Michael Louis - also known as Michelet Louis - on Wednesday, June 1, when the gunman purchased an assault rifle and gunned them down at the Warren Clinic Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Poli…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Connecticut Hudson Valley Man Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Connecticut
Hudson Valley Man Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Connecticut A New York man was killed after losing control of his vehicle and slamming into a metal guardrail in Connecticut. The victim, Putnam County resident Gabriel Ramos, age 34, of Carmel, was traveling northbound on I-91in North Haven around 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 23, when the crash happened, said the Connecticut State Police. According to police, lost control of his 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle and hit a metal beam guardrail, and was thrown from the bike. He was transported with life-threatening injuries to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he later died. Any witnesses to the crash are asked to con…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
COVID-19: College Student In Connecticut Dies From Virus-Related Complications COVID-19: College Student In Connecticut Dies From Virus-Related Complications
Covid-19: College Student In Connecticut Dies From Virus-Related Complications A 22-year-old college student in Connecticut who was set to graduate this year has died from COVID-19. Joshua Goodart, a cybersecurity and networks major in the University of New Haven’s Class of 2021, died over the weekend from COVID complications, the school announced this week. Goodart, who was a resident of Oxford, Connecticut in western New Haven County, became ill during the university’s Winter Break and was hospitalized last month, never returning to campus for the spring semester. Friends and family said that Goodart was diagnosed with COVID-19 in the beginning of January, and whe…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Riding Scooter Seriously Injured In Crash Involving Westchester Driver In Fairfield County Man Riding Scooter Seriously Injured In Crash Involving Westchester Driver In Fairfield County
Man Riding Scooter Seriously Injured In Crash Involving Westchester Driver In Fairfield County A man operating a scooter was seriously injured after he was struck by a vehicle driven by a Westchester man in Fairfield County. It happened on Friday night, Feb. 14. At approximately 9:53 p.m., the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a telephone call from Bridgeport Hospital stating it had a male party in its emergency department who was struck by a car. At 10 p.m., the patrol division was dispatched to Bridgeport Hospital to investigate.  It was determined the crash had occurred at the intersection of Boston Avenue and Remington Street at approximately 8 p.m., said…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Man Turns Himself In For I-95 Crash That Killed 9-Year-Old Boy Man Turns Himself In For I-95 Crash That Killed 9-Year-Old Boy
Man Turns Himself In For I-95 Crash That Killed 9-Year-Old Boy A 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a  crash that occurred just over a year ago on I-95 in Fairfield County and resulted in the death of a 9-year-old boy has turned himself in. Casey Savage of Kittery, Maine died on Friday, April 21, 2017  at Yale-New Haven Hospital after suffering a severe head injury in the three-vehicle crash in Westport the night before. Just over a year later, on Friday, April 27, Connecticut State Police arrested Jesse J. Zorski of Freeport, Maine, after he turned himself in on an arrest warrant. Zorski had been identified as the at-fault party following an i…

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by Joe Lombardi