Automobile Accidents

• Pedestrian Struck and Killed, Driver Wanted by Police

  James Sabatini | May 17, 2007 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  In West Haven, Connecticut, police are trying to identify the driver of a car who struck and killed a woman near the intersection of Route 34 and Yale Avenue this morning. Investigators are also trying to determine the identity of the victim, who is approximately 40 years old. Any witnesses to this fatal accident and crime (leaving the scene) should contact the West Haven police

• Bus and Car Collide in North Stonington Accident

  James Sabatini | May 08, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The driver of a car involved in an accident with a commuter bus early this morning has been flown by helicopter to Hartford Hospital. The accident at the intersection of Route 2 and Route 201 was reported at 6:24 a.m. There were passengers on the bus. It is unknown if any of the bus passengers sustained injuries.

• Canton Motorcycle Accident

  James Sabatini | April 25, 2007 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A 23-year-old man is in critical condition at Hartford Hospital this morning after an accident on Route 44 Tuesday.Christopher Hartman was on a motorcycle during the accident with a car at 9 p.m. near Davidson Chevrolet, police said. The motorcycle collided with a car and threw Mr. Hartman off his bike. The police are investigating and are asking for any witness to this collision to contact...

• Inadequate Head Restraints

  James Sabatini | April 05, 2007 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Head restraints in several passenger vehicles provided marginal or poor protection against neck injuries and whiplash, the insurance industry reported Thursday in new crash test results. Only 22 of 75 vehicles tested in a simulated rear crash at 20 miles per hour received the top score of good from the Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Several 2007 vehicles got the lowest...

• Two Students Hit By Car In Enfield

  James Sabatini | March 23, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Two students are at the hospital this morning after they were hit by a car near the intersection of Brainard Road and Katherine Road in Enfield, Connecticut. Police said that serious car accident happened at 7:15 a.m. near a bus. The names of the students nor the extent of the injuries have not been disclosed.

• Truck Accident on Interstate 395

  James Sabatini | March 22, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  In Uncasville, Connecticut, tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 395 on Thursday morning.State police have shut down the northbound lanes of I-395 in Uncasville between exits 78 and 79-A. Injuries have been reported but the nature and numbers of injuries have not been disclosed.

• Fatal Car Accident - Montville

  James Sabatini | March 01, 2007 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A West Hartford woman died in a car accident near the Mohegan Sun Casino on Route 2a this morning, state police said. Wendy Jenkins, 28, of Lovelace Drive, died in a head-on collision with another vehicle around 1:51 a.m., state police said. She was driving the wrong way on a highway ramp. The driver and passengers of the other vehicle suffered non-threatening injuries.

• 1 Killed, 3 Injured In Tractor Trailer Crash

  James Sabatini | October 16, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A 47-year-old woman from Manchester was killed in an accident Monday afternoon on Route 2 that involved a tractor trailer and three cars. Cindy S. Cornish was killed when a tractor trailer crashed into her vehicle on Route 2 west near exit 16 in Marlborough. She had been slowing down for a construction site when the truck crashed into the rear end of her car. Three other people involved in the...

• $3 Million Bail Set in Fatal Crash

  James Sabatini | June 14, 2007 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  In the fatal crash that led to an arrest yesterday as reported in this blog, the judge in the case has set a $3 million dollar bail on the defendant. The defendant is charged with second-degree manslaughter, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, operating while under suspension, failure to keep right and failure to wear a seat belt. Incredibly, this defendant has 3...

• Connecticut Car Accident, Roll-Over, Injuries Reported

  James Sabatini | May 16, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A two car accident near exit 12 on Route 2 East occured today in Marlborough, Connecticut, The car accident was reported around 11:07 a.m. today state police said. Information about the severity of injuries reported in this accident was not available. One of the cars in the accident rolled over.