Berlin

Two firefighters were injured while they were helping battle the Hawthorne Fire over the weekend and the fire is continuing to burn for an eighth day. Loved ones and first responders came together on Monday to lay a fallen Wethersfield firefighter to rest. Berlin’s fire chief said the weather conditions on Sunday improved with the winds dying down. It kept...

Authorities have released the name of a firefighter who died after a utility task vehicle rolled over at the scene of a massive brush fire on Lamentation Mountain Tuesday evening. Officials said a Wethersfield firefighter died and three others were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. They have since been released. A fire UTV rolled over on a trail while working...

A 1-year-old child was killed and several other people were injured in a crash on the Berlin Turnpike on Saturday afternoon. The crash involving three cars happened just before 3 p.m. near the intersection of North Colony Road. One of the vehicles reportedly rolled over during the crash and multiple people were ejected from another vehicle. Four adults and four…

A pastor and chaplain for state police as well as other local departments was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 9 in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon, according to state police. State police said Pastor Paul David Krampitz, 65, of Cromwell, was driving a Harley-Davidson in the left lane on Route 9 North around 4:14 p.m. near exit 33 when…

Train service has resumed after a CTRail train and an all-terrain vehicle collided in Berlin on Sunday. State Dept. of Transportation officials said the CTRail Hartford line train was heading northbound to Springfield, Mass. when it crashed into the ATV near Silver Lake a little before 11 a.m. Dispatchers said the driver of the ATV was not at the scene….