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Middletown, CT
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Video: Car Hits Trooper, Firefighter At Scene Of Crash, CT State Police Say Video: Car Hits Trooper, Firefighter At Scene Of Crash, CT State Police Say
Video: Car Hits Trooper, Firefighter At Scene Of Crash, CT State Police Say Connecticut State Police have released a graphic dashcam video that shows a driver hit a state trooper and a firefighter as they were helping at a crash. The incident took place in Middlesex County on Route 9 on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Cromwell. According to state police, Firefighter Jon Anthony Bicking and Trooper William Atkins were working at the scene of a crash southbound near the merge lane of I-91. While investigating the accident and working the scene, a 2014 Honda Accord "lost control on the curved roadway, traveled through the grass gore area and entered from the side of the sc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17
Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17 A rush-hour fire incinerated the cab of a tractor-trailer on Route 17. The rig ignited on the southbound highway in Ramsey just before the Franklin Turnpike exit and across from the Shannon Rose restaurant, sending a column of black smoke skyward that could be seen for miles. Police temporarily closed both sides of the highway as members of the Ramsey Fire Department and Rescue Squad doused the late afternoon blaze with help from their Mahwah colleagues. They fortunately kept the flames from reaching golf cart batteries being hauled in the trailer. The driver got out OK.Mark Cotz The …

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by Jerry DeMarco