Connecticut Car Accidents

SOMERS, Conn. (WFSB) - An investigation is underway after a correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate on Monday afternoon. At around 3:20 p.m. an incarcerated person started to choke and punch a ...[...]

Columnist Chris Powell opines on the need for more traffic enforcement and the causes of disparities in school suspensions.[...]

Known locally in Mexico as the '?Chapitos,'? or '?little Chapos,'? Joaquin Guzman Lopez and his brother, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel.[...]

Connecticut State Police say troopers conducted nearly 1,300 traffic stops and made 30 DUI arrests over the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Between midnight Wednesday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, police ...[...]

The phrase refers to online content that is deliberately designed to elicit anger in order to drive traffic to a particular social media account.[...]

CROMWELL - A rollover crash has closed the right shoulder of an Interstate 91 north ramp on Monday morning, according to officials. The state's Department of Transportation said the crash occurred on ...[...]

Many of Connecticut's major highways had traffic delays Sunday as rain and wind battered the state on the last day of a holiday weekend. According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, ...[...]

GRANBY - Thieves, including one who appeared to be armed, broke into multiple vehicles and stole cars on Thanksgiving night into Friday, town police reported.[...]

Police identified the 35-year-old man, who was killed after his car flipped on the Exit 89 off-ramp of Interstate 95 in Groton.[...]

The one-car crash, which occurred near Exit 71 around 7:05 a.m., caused serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. The highway was temporarily closed for the LifeStar emergency ...[...]

A man who was struck and killed by four cars on Interstate 95 in Stamford earlier this month has been identified, state police said. Jose Daniel Martinez-Perez, 34, of Stamford, was identified as ...[...]

OLD LYME, Conn. (WFSB) - A serious crash in Old Lyme caused major traffic delays on Saturday morning. At around 7:07 a.m. troopers were called to the area of I-95 southbound near Exit 71 after a ...[...]

A suspect is in custody following a police investigation Thursday, according to the Willimantic Police Department.Mountain Street has been reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed, police ...[...]

F AIRFIELD - A cat was inside a vehicle that was stolen from the rest stop along Interstate 95 south in Fairfield Wednesday morning, according to Connecticut State Police.[...]

STAMFORD - Connecticut State Police identified the pedestrian who died after being struck by four cars - three of which fled - on Interstate 95 last week in Stamford as a 34-year-old city man. An ...[...]

MANCHESTER, Conn. (WFSB) - A person was hospitalized after a car struck a light pole on I-84 east in Manchester on Thursday. Around 8 p.m., crews said a car left the highway, struck the pole, and ...[...]

The SUV, which was described as "heavily damaged," was wedged against the wall of the aft ramp on the starboard side of the boat, the Port Jefferson Fire Department said. The department used machinery ...[...]

Officers responded to Fenn Road in the area of Eagle Drive on Wednesday evening on a report of a crash involving three motor vehicles.[...]

The Interstate 95 northbound Exit 89 off-ramp in Groton is closed due to a crash, according to traffic officials.[...]

The Interstate 95 northbound Exit 89 off-ramp in Groton is closed due to a crash, according to traffic officials.[...]

NEWINGTON - A three-car crash on Fenn Street trapped two people on Wednesday evening, a local official said. Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Lapierre said fire crews extricated both victims and people ...[...]

BRISTOL - A city man was killed in a Broad Street single-car crash into a utility pole late Wednesday evening, police said. Police said Jonathan Edward Whittle, 31, was pronounced dead after being ...[...]

Most of the federal funding cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act don't take effect until 2027 or 2028. But there are others, besides nutrition assistance and health insurance subsidies, that ...[...]

Five people were transported to local hospitals following a serious crash on Fenn Road in Newington Wednesday night. Newington police officers responded to a ...[...]

State police say I-84 west was closed in Waterbury because of a car crashing into a guardrail on Wednesday evening.[...]

WATERBURY, Conn. (WFSB) - I-84 westbound is closed between exits 25 and 23 in Waterbury due to an overturned car crash. The Connecticut Department of Transportation reported the closure Wednesday at 6 ...[...]

Interstate 91 South was closed in Wallingford earlier Wednesday evening due to reports of police activity, which resulted in one arrest, according to Connecticut State ...[...]

"If Mikey had not been placed in therapeutic foster care then he would not have been in the position to be alone on a highway," Superior Court Judge Carletha Parkinson wrote in her decision.[...]

DANBURY - A person was sent to the hospital with serious injuries Tuesday night after they were hit by a vehicle on White Street, according to Danbury officials.[...]

Tweed New Haven Airport is expanding traffic and parking restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving travel this year, following feedback from the community, according to a spokesperson for the airport. The ...[...]

Beacon Falls is the latest Connecticut municipality to be approved for automated traffic enforcement cameras by the state.[...]

REDDING, CT. (WFSB) - A Metro-North train collided with a car in Redding Tuesday evening. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that at around 7:10 p.m., the train was traveling north of ...[...]

Family members are mourning a Waterbury father and son who died after a car crash over the weekend in Bristol. For Daniel Pesantez and his twin brother David, words come naturally when talking about ...[...]

Henry Meneses Jr., 33, of New Britain, was sentenced Tuesday in New Haven to two years in prison, followed by four of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl.[...]

5 car crash at about 7:50am going towards Meriden[...]

5 car crash at about 7:50am going towards Meriden[...]

2 Audis racing one passed me on the left side the other got on I 84 ramp. The one that passed my did a California lane change and also got off 1-84 east after passing me when he got off he smashed into the other car he was racing then they both lost [...]

Stop and go as far as I can see from exit 11 beyond 10[...]

Accident three left lanes closed. Stand still[...]

were stopped but cant see why. [...]

Heavy stop and go on route 6 before south street [...]

Standstill traffic. 2 left lanes closed[...]

Stopped traffic for at least 20 min[...]

Traffic due to construction from replacement of bridge. [...]

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