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Man Killed After Being Struck By Car On I-84
A man was killed after he was struck by a car on a stretch of I-84.
The incident happened just before 4 p.m. Sunday, June 5 in Danbury.
A 2016 Honda Fit being driven by a 27-year-old woman from Providence, Rhode Island, was traveling in the left of five lanes on I-84 eastbound, prior to Exit 4, Connecticut State Police said, when the pedestrian, identified as Mariano Canales-Hernandez, age 77, was attempting to cross the east lanes from the center median.
Canales-Hernandez, of Danbury, was then struck by the Honda in the left lane, according to police.
Canales-Hernand…
CT Woman Killed On I-84 Penned Chilling Final Facebook Post
A Connecticut woman who was hit and killed while standing in the middle of I-84 left a chilling final Facebook post just a few days before her death.
According to police, Hartford County resident Melisa Doyle, age 33, of Manchester, was standing in the eastbound traffic lane when a 2009 Ford Focus SE struck and killed her around midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 3, near Exit 48B, the Capitol Avenue exit in Hartford.
Three days earlier, on Saturday, July 31, Doyle had posted to Facebook that she was going to walk by the water and hoped she didn't kill herself.
After hearing of her death, frien…
Good Samaritan Struck, Killed Assisting Others On I-84
State police are asking the public for help after a man, who was assisting people following a crash, was hit and killed in Connecticut.
Andy Azab, of Oakville, an enclave of Watertown in Litchfield County, was hit by a Nissan Altima while attempting to help at another crash scene on I-84 in Hartford County, in Southington.
State police said the accident happened around 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, July 6 near the Exit 28 on-ramp, when Azab, age 62, was standing in the travel portion of the highway.
Azab was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, state police said.
No one else was …
Winter Weather Advisory: New Year Starts With Storm Bringing Mix Of Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain
It won't take long for the first storm system of the new year to sweep through the region.
New Year's Day, Friday, Jan. 1 will start out with plenty of sunshine on a day in which the high temperature will be in the upper 30s, with wind-chill values between 20 and 30 degrees.
Clouds will rapidly increase in the afternoon as the system arrives around nightfall Friday, bringing a wintry mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
New York City, the surrounding immediate northern suburbs, and Long Island will see mainly rain with some sleet at times.
Areas north of I-287 in…
Woman Drove Wrong Way On I-84, State Police Say
A 36-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly driving in the wrong direction on I-84.
Vanessa Alejos, of Newington, was arrested around 11:22 p.m., Wednesday, June 17, in Hartford County, by Connecticut State Police for driving the wrong way on I- 84 in East Hartford, state police said.
Troopers were alerted to the wrong-way driver by callers and were able to track down and pull over Alejos near Exit 56, they said.
Alejos was charged with four counts of construction zone violations, failing to comply with fingerprinting and interfering with an officer, state police said.
Police did…
