Head-On Crash: 1 Killed, 1 Injured In CT
A Connecticut man was killed after colliding head-on with another vehicle on a busy roadway.
The crash took place in Windham County on Route 6 (Providence Road) around 8 p.m., Monday, May 29 in the small town of Brooklyn.
According to Connecticut State Police, Joseph Kowal, age 81, of Dayville (a hamlet in the town of Killingly) was driving a 2001 Chrysler Sebring east on Route 6 at the intersection of Day Street when he collided head-on with a 2021 Hyundai Palisade.
Kowal was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Palisade, identified as David Meade, age 62, of Brooklyn, wa…
Retired CT State Trooper Dies Unexpectedly At Age 50
A longtime retired Connecticut State Trooper has died unexpectedly.
Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon, 50, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, died on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Hartford Hospital, said the Connecticut State Police.
A cause of death has not been released to date.
Dragon, a member of the 107th Training Troop entered the State Police Training Academy on January 9, 1998.
Upon graduation, he served as a patrol trooper at Troop D in Danielson, as a resident trooper in the town of Sterling, as a detective in the Eastern District Major Crime Squad, and as a detective in the Fire and…
