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45-Year-Old Danbury Woman Killed, Man Critical In Wrong-Way I-84 Crash 45-Year-Old Danbury Woman Killed, Man Critical In Wrong-Way I-84 Crash
45-Year-Old Danbury Woman Killed, Man Critical In Wrong-Way I-84 Crash A 45-year-old Connecticut woman is dead and a man is in critical condition following a wrong-way driver crash on I-84. The collision took place in New Haven County around 6:20 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, in Waterbury. A 2004 Honda Accord was traveling in the wrong direction on I-84 when it caused two other vehicles to crash, said the Connecticut State Police. Killed in the crash was 45-year-old Fairfield County resident Francisa Jessennia Cortez-Arias of Danbury. The driver, a 32-year-old Danbury man, suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to Waterbury Hospital, state…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
20-Year-Old From Danbury Killed In I-84 Crash 20-Year-Old From Danbury Killed In I-84 Crash
20-Year-Old From Danbury Killed In I-84 Crash A 20-year-old was killed after slamming into the back of a tractor-trailer on a busy Connecticut roadway, police said. The crash took place in New Haven County around 8:30 p.m. near Exit 23 on I-84 in Waterbury. According to state police, both vehicles were traveling westbound when a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Fairfield County resident Zachary James Carlson, of Danbury, failed to slow down due to traffic and struck the rear of the tractor-trailer. Carlson died from his injuries at the scene, police said. The tractor-trailer driver, a 62-year-old Worcester, Massachusetts resident,&…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Man From Area Killed In I-84 Wrong-Way Crash Man From Area Killed In I-84 Wrong-Way Crash
Man From Area Killed In I-84 Wrong-Way Crash Funeral services have been set for a Newtown business owner and Greenwich High School graduate who was one of two people killed in a wrong-way crash on I-84. According to Connecticut State Police, Diego Fernando Jimenez, 48, of Newtown, died following a wrong-way crash around 1 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, on I-84 in Southbury. State Police said the crash occurred when David Hozer, 46, of Southbury, was traveling the wrong way on westbound I-84 when his 2011 Audi Q5 struck a limousine Jimenez was driving. Jimenez died about an hour after the crash at Waterbury Hospital. Hozer died Sunday…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Former Trooper In Area Dies From Injuries Suffered In Crash Former Trooper In Area Dies From Injuries Suffered In Crash
Former Trooper In Area Dies From Injuries Suffered In Crash A New York State Trooper who began his career at the Middletown and Liberty state police barracks was killed in a motor vehicle crash when he was rear-ended by a box truck. Trooper Jeremy J. VanNostrand, 36, was killed around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday when reporting to work at the State Police barracks in Fonda when he was involved in the crash, announced New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II.  The crash occurred while VanNostrand was stopped in the westbound lane of State Highway 5S waiting to turn into the station in his personal vehicle when he was rear-ende…

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by Kathy Reakes