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CT teen killed, 4 other teens injured in crash in MA
A teenager from Enfield has died and four other teens from Connecticut are injured after a crash in Massachusetts on Sunday. Troopers from Massachusetts State Police responded to North Blandford Road in Blandford around 11:15 a.m. for a report of a serious crash. According to Massachusetts State Police, the crash involved a Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by a 17-year-old…
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4 killed in head-on crash in Waterbury, Conn.
Four people have died after a head-on crash in Waterbury on Friday night. Officers responded to the 600 block of Thomaston Avenue around 11 p.m. after a report of a crash involving two vehicles. According to police, a car was going south on Thomaston Avenue when it collided head-on with a car going north in the same area. Both vehicles…
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Boat explosion in New Haven, Conn. sends 1 to the hospital
A boat explosion in New Haven on Monday sent one person to the hospital. Firefighters and personnel from the state Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to a report of a boat explosion near 100 S Water Street around 6 p.m. According to fire officials, one person was transported to the hospital. The extent of their injuries are unknown…
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Woman killed, man injured in Conn. shooting were unintended targets: police
A woman is dead and a man is injured after a shooting early Friday morning in Hartford and police believe they were both unintended targets. According to police, at approximately 12:50 a.m., officers were dispatched to 40 Cleveland Ave. for reports of a shooting. There were officers reportedly already in the area at the time of the call because of…
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Bridgeport, Conn. police officer arrested for stalking, harassment: police
A Bridgeport police officer has been arrested in connection to domestic violence incidents from earlier this year and is facing multiple charges of stalking and harassment, according to police. Detectives opened a criminal investigation into domestic violence allegations against 47-year-old Dani Soto, of Bridgeport, on May 9. Soto is a Bridgeport police officer and has been serving since April 2017,…
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2 pets missing, 5 people displaced after large fire at Plainfield, Conn. home
Two pets are missing and five people are displaced after a large fire at a home in Plainfield on Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to the home on Cottage Street around 6:30 a.m. for a report of a fire. When crews arrived, there was reportedly already heavy fire coming from the home. Fire officials said a family of five was…
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Person accused of crashing into occupied Conn. police car in ‘deliberate attack'
A man has been arrested after crashing into an occupied West Haven police vehicle on Saturday and the incident is being investigated as a deliberate attack on law enforcement officers, according to police. An officer was driving his marked patrol vehicle near Meloy Road and Route 1 shortly before 2 p.m. when investigators said a vehicle pulled next to him…
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Dog found abandoned in South Windsor, Conn. gets new fur-ever family
A dog that was found abandoned in a South Windsor park a few months ago has a new fur-ever family. Back in April, a good Samaritan reportedly found a dog with its collar around a tree while out walking their own dog in the Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary. When he was found, the Tyler Regional Animal Care Shelter said the…
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Father accused of attempting to drown his 2 children in Connecticut
A father is accused of attempting to drown his two young children in West Haven early Saturday morning and the children are currently in the intensive care unit at a local hospital. An officer on patrol near Ocean Avenue and Dawson Avenue saw a vehicle parked on the beach around 2:30 a.m. When the officer approached, he reportedly heard significant…
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Gordon Ramsay says wearing a helmet saved his life after bad bike accident
He went on to praise all of the trauma surgeons, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff who looked after him following his injury.