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Troopers Asking For Witnesses To Fiery Fatal Crash Off I-84 Troopers Asking For Witnesses To Fiery Fatal Crash Off I-84
Troopers Asking For Witnesses To Fiery Fatal Crash Off I-84 Police are asking the public for help identifying a vehicle, and the person who was killed during a fiery crash near I-84. The crash took place around 3 a.m., Thursday, April 4, on the Route 72 ramp to I-84 east in Plainville after the driver drove through the guardrail, struck a bridge abutment and the vehicle caught fire, Connecticut State police said. CTDOT officials reported they did not find any structural damage to the bridge hit during the crash.  The car sustained such heavy fire damage, that investigators were having a hard time determining the make and model of the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Driving Wrong Way On I-84 Was Under Influence, Police Say Man Driving Wrong Way On I-84 Was Under Influence, Police Say
Man Driving Wrong Way On I-84 Was Under Influence, Police Say A man driving the wrong way on a stretch of I-84 was allegedly under the influence, according to police. Around 12:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, Connecticut State Police from Hartford barracks responded to multiple calls of a wrong-way driver traveling eastbound on I-84 westbound around Exit 33 in the Town of Plainville. The vehicle, a 2006 gray Mazda 3, was stopped facing the wrong way in the left lane before Exit 39. During police’s interview with the driver, 32-year-old Daniel Christopher Vice of Plainville, it became evident that he was intoxicated. Vice was asked to submit to a series of f…

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by Valerie Musson