Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Newington - Police Arrest Driver in Fatal Accident

  James Sabatini | March 21, 2007 11:43 AM | 3 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges that he was criminally negligent when the Ford Expedition he was driving slammed into a motorcyclist last year in a deadly accident near the Berlin Turnpike. Meriden resident Timothy Stevens had been involved in two minor car accidents minutes before the Oct. 3 crash that killed 42-year-old James Delude, police said.The first happened in the...

• Fatal Car Accident - Montville

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

  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.

• Arrest Made in Fatal Car Accident

  James Sabatini | February 26, 2007 9:01 PM | 1 CommentHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 29-year-old New Haven man has been charged by warrant with manslaughter and drunken driving in connection with a wrong-way, head-on crash on I-91 Feb. 5 that left a West Haven man dead.Israel Quintero, of 981 Ella Grasso Boulevard in New Haven was taken by state police upon his release from Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven Monday to Superior Court here where he was arraigned on numerous...

• Naugatuck Car Accident Kills One, Injures Others

  James Sabatini | February 20, 2007 1:40 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man was ejected from his car in a crash on Route 63 on Monday evening, according to police.Naugatuck police responded to a crash at the intersection of Route 63 and Mill Street and found two cars heavily damaged. Police said Edward Coelho, 57, of Naugatuck, was ejected from his Mercury Cougar and was transported to Waterbury Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Other people involved in the...

• East Hartford Car Accident Injures Police Officer

  James Sabatini | February 13, 2007 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in East Hartford has injured a police officer. Police said Officer Larry Henrickson was en route to work when his car and another car crashed at Homestead Avenue and Sigourney Street on Monday night.Emergency crews extricated Henrickson from his vehicle. The extent of the officer's injuries and injuries to the other driver are unknown at this time.

• Fatal Car Accident on I-91

  James Sabatini | February 05, 2007 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One person died in an accident that happened just before 5 a.m. today on I-91 northbound between exits 12 and 13 in North Haven. A second person was taken to an area hospital in serious condition. The highway was closed for several hours during the morning rush. Traffic was diverted off the highway at exit 12 and routed back on at exit 13. Police have not released further information at this...

• New Haven Car Accident, Police Search for Witnesses

  James Sabatini | January 30, 2007 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police are seeking witnesses of a head-on collision in New Haven last month. New Haven police continue to investigate a Dec. 24, 2006, wreck that killed one of the drivers involved. Police said the cars collided at the intersection of Fifth Street and Hallock Avenue.Police believe that witnesses to the collision left the scene before the police officers could interview them. Obviously,...

• Man Breaks Leg in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 23, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Adam Goldstein, age 21, of West Hartford was driving his Honda Civic on Trout Brook Avenue in West Hartford when he drove across the street and hit a tree. Goldstein broke his leg in the accident. The Civic suffered extensive damage. There was also damage done to a fence in a yard that backs up to the road. Goldstein was treated at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. The accident is...

• Middletown Bus Accident Injures Students

  James Sabatini | January 19, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  MIDDLETOWN -- A teacher's Jeep slammed into a school bus in Middletown this morning, sending several students to the hospital. A Jeep driven by a Morris Elementary School teacher collided with the school bus shortly after 8 this morning on Middletown's Kaplan Drive. Middletown police tell News Channel 8 that icy roads played a part in the crash.As many as 14 people with minor injuries are being...

• Elderly Driver Injures 27 Pedestrians at Sailfest in New London

  Staff Writer | July 08, 2006 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This afternoon, 89 year-old driver Robert Laine of Wallingford, CT. drove through a crowd of pedestrians in an accident at Sailfest in New London. At least 27 persons were taken to the hospital for injuries ranging from serious to bumps and bruises. This accident is eerily similar to one in California a year or two ago and raises questions about the accident risks elderly drivers pose in an...