Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Bus and Car Collide in North Stonington Accident

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

  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.

• West Hartford Car Accident Injures Pedestrian

  James Sabatini | May 07, 2007 1:35 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In West Hartford, Connecticut, a woman was struck by a car on Sunday night. She was taken to the hospital where she remains - fighting for her life. The woman was walking on Albany Avenue near Starkel Road in West Hartford at about 11 p.m. at the time of the incident. The accident remains under police investigation.

• Bus Crashes, Rolls Over, Injuries Reported

  James Sabatini | April 30, 2007 10:55 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A bus carrying a high school lacrosse team rolled over Monday afternoon on its way to a game.The bus rolled over in the Middletown area between exits 9 and 10 on Route 9 around 2:50 p.m., officials said. Injuries have been reported. The injured have been taken to local hospitals. The cause of crash is under investigation

• Canton Motorcycle Accident

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

  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...

• Woman Dies in Car Accident on I-91N in Hartford

  James Sabatini | April 11, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 43-year-old woman was killed in a two-car accident on I-91 northbound Tuesday around 9:30 p.m., state police said. Sheila Ruff, of 27 Charter Oak Place, suffered multiple blunt trauma when she was rear-ended by Zhong Chen near exit 29, state police said. Given the the loss of life from this accident, the state police accident reconstructionists are investigating and will issue a report that...

• Inadequate Head Restraints

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

  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...

• SUV Hits Pedestrian in Vernon

  James Sabatini | March 30, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 57-year-old pedestrian who was hit by an SUV Thursday night is recovering this morning from head injuries, police said. The woman is in stable condition at Hartford Hospital, police said. The woman was struck while crossing Hartford Turnpike in Vernon, CT. The accident remains under investigation.

• Drunk Driver Arrested

  James Sabatini | March 26, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Seymour, a 45-year-old woman who hit a state police cruiser head-on while driving the wrong way on Route 8 has been arrested. She was arrested for driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way among other charges. Fortunately, no one was injured during the accident near exit 22 at 1:53 a.m.

• Two Students Hit By Car In Enfield

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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.