Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Fatal Car Crash, I-84W in West Hartford Claims Life

  James Sabatini | May 30, 2006 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the weekend, a fatal car crash on Interstate 84 in the Town of West Hartford has taken one life and injured another. The driver of a car lost control around a curve, sailed over the grassy median and crashed into an oncoming car. According to the Hartford Courant:The eastbound traveling car flew over the median and crashed into a westbound car. The crash set off a four car collision...

• Fatal Car Accident - I91 Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An accident on the northbound side of I-91 near Exit 24 has left at least one person dead, state police said.Traffic has backed up on both sides of the highway. A flipped-over vehicle lies roof-down in the middle of the highway median, witnesses said.Due to the death, the state has sent its accident reconstruction team to investigate how the car accident happened. The State of Connecticut...

• Fatal Connecticut Truck Accident Shuts Down I-95

  James Sabatini | November 04, 2007 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Friday morning, a tanker truck collided into oncoming traffic on Interstate 95 -- killing three people, seriously injuring three others and shutting down the highway for the rest of the day.Witnesses described seeing the tanker driving somewhat aggressively before barreling through the median into oncoming traffic. More than seven hours after the crash, the tanker remained on the highway,...

• Tree Falls On Parkway Causing Fatal Car Accident

  James Sabatini | June 10, 2007 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man and a woman from New York state were killed Saturday night when a tree fell onto the Merritt Parkway and smashed through the front windshield of their car. Two passengers riding in the back seat of the 2006 Volvo station wagon suffered minor injuries and were transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment. Joseph J. Stavola, 46, of Pelham, N.Y., and his passenger, Jeanne C. Serocke, 44,...

• 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...

• Teen Drunk Driver Charged In Fatal Car Crash

  James Sabatini | August 08, 2007 7:47 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police have charged 19-year-old Clinton resident Dennis Knapp with the death of a young Madison woman who was killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning. Knapp, 19, of North High St., is charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the manslaughter charge. The police have not disclosed, and it is unknown if the...

• Connecticut Proposing Tougher Laws On Teen Drivers

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2008 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Connecticut legislature is considering tougher penalties on teen drivers that violate the law. The proposed bill aims to place tougher penalties on teen drivers who break the law. Under the bill, if a teen driver is convicted of driving while under the influence of liquor, they would lose their license until they are 21 years old. In addition, if a teen driver gets a speeding ticket, there...

• 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...

• Avoiding Car Accidents In Bad Winter Weather

  James Sabatini | December 17, 2007 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Bad winter weather is all too common for drivers in Connecticut and throughout the Northeast. Obviously, the best safety tip in avoiding a car accident in bad winter weather is to stay off the roads. But, this is not always a viable option. Many of us need to get to work or reach an important destination such as a pharmacy or hospital, so if you are out driving in winter weather keep these...

• CT DOT To Inspect Trees Along Merritt Parkway

  James Sabatini | June 11, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday that she has asked the state Department of Transportation to assess the safety of trees along the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways in response to a fatal accident on Saturday. Rell was acting on a request made by Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff, who sent a letter to the governor seeking an immediate review of tree maintenance procedures. On Saturday, two...