Connecticut Fatal Accidents

PORTLAND - The victim of a fatal crash on Route 17 over the weekend has been identified as a Meriden woman, Portland police said. Portland police officer Paul Liseo identified the victim of the ...[...]

A Guilford firefighter died following a crash on Interstate 95 in Guilford on Friday night, according to Connecticut State Police, and the town is mourning. Police identified the man as 32-year-old ...[...]

By all accounts, Mary Cordero's future was full of promise. That future was tragically cut short when the 19-year-old Western Connecticut State University junior died in a car crash over the weekend.[...]

It's disgusting to think that's the most she can get," Andrew DiDomenico's mother said of the five-year sentence cap.[...]

The woman who ran off a highway ramp in Wallingford while drunk in June 2024, killing a state Department of Transportation worker on a trash cleanup detail, pleaded guilty to two crimes Friday and ...[...]

Four other people were injured in the single-car crash, two of them sustaining critical injuries, police said.[...]

A motorcyclist has died after a crash in Bristol, police said. The Bristol Police Department responded to the crash along Burlington Avenue in the area of Cindy Lane at 7:55 p.m. for a report of a ...[...]

A speeding Mustang packed with five people crashed into a tree in Connecticut early Sunday morning, leaving a 19-year-old woman dead and two others critically injured, police said. The Newtown Police ...[...]

A speeding Mustang packed with five people crashed into a tree in Connecticut early Sunday morning, leaving a 19-year-old woman dead and two others critically injured, police said.The Newtown Police ...[...]

A 19-year-old woman was killed early Sunday when the car she was riding in with four other people ran into a large tree, police said. The Newtown Police Department, with the Sandy Hook Volunteer ...[...]

NEWTOWN - A Danbury resident is dead and two others were critically injured following a single-car crash on Berkshire Road early Sunday morning, police said. Police identified the victim killed as ...[...]

A 19-year-old was killed and four other people were injured in an early morning crash in Newtown, police said. At approximately 2:41 a.m., a Ford Mustang was traveling west ...[...]

One person has died and four others are injured after a driver missed a curve in the road and crashed into a tree in Newtown early Sunday morning. Emergency crews responded to a crash on Berkshire ...[...]

One person is dead and others are injured following a single-car crash on Berkshire Road early Sunday morning, police said.  Newtown police Lt. Scott Smith said the crash occurred just prior to 3 a.m.[...]

GUILFORD, Conn. - A two-vehicle crash on I-95 South in Guilford left one man dead and another with minor injuries, according to Connecticut State Police. The crash occurred on I-91 South near exit 59 ...[...]

A Guilford firefighter died following a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 South in Guilford on Friday, according to Connecticut State Police and the Guilford Fire Department.Michael Terrio, of ...[...]

This story has been updated with additional details as provided by Newtown Police Department. * * * * * One woman died and four others were taken to the hospital early ...[...]

A 32-year-old man from Killingworth was killed in an Interstate 95 south motorcycle crash Friday night, according to police. Connecticut State Police said Michael Terrio was identified as the victim ...[...]

Police said the victim was operating an off-road Yamaha YZ250 motorcycle when he was involved in the fatal crash.[...]

A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a vehicle in Hartford on Saturday evening. Patrol officers responded to the 700 block of Maple Avenue around 8 p.m. for a report of a collision involving a ...[...]

The two-vehicle crash happened around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday in Portland on Route 17. A woman who fled from police in Glastonbury was reportedly killed.[...]

From Jan. 1 through July 31 of this year there were 49 fatal collisions on roads and highways patrolled by the Connecticut State Police, compared to 69 fatal collisions during the same period in 2024.[...]

A Connecticut Department of Transportation worker was killed Saturday morning when he was struck by a driver on ...[...]

Fatal crashes across the state are down so far through the first seven months of the year following a particularly deadly stretch on Connecticut's roads in recent years. There have been 143 ...[...]

About 300 people gathered Monday at Kirk's Pond to honor and remember two women who died when they were swept away by the raging floodwaters of the Little River a year ago.[...]

A construction worker has died after he was hit by a car in Greenwich while working in a construction area early Saturday morning, according to state police.[...]

One year ago, on Aug. 18, 2024, several hours of torrential rain drenched parts of Connecticut, resulting in catastrophic flash flooding that killed three people and washed away 27 state roads. After ...[...]

A Connecticut woman was killed after being struck by a car in downtown New Haven overnight, police said. Mary Claire Hartman, 56, of New Haven, was hit shortly after midnight Saturday, Aug. 16, at ...[...]

A construction worker died after being struck by a vehicle on I-95 in Greenwich on Saturday morning, state police said. The collision happened just before 2:30 a.m. near ...[...]

A man has died after being hit by a vehicle while working in a construction zone on Interstate 95 in Greenwich on Saturday morning. State police said a 38-year-old man from New York was traveling on I ...[...]

According to NHTSA, more than 500 people died in traffic crashes nationwide over Labor Day weekend in 2023, 185 of those deaths involved a driver who was drunk.[...]

The Waterbury community is mourning after a local man died from injuries in a serious motorcycle crash at a major city intersection.Dennis ...[...]

WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) - A motorcyclist died after his motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash in Waterbury on Tuesday. Waterbury police identified the motorcyclist as 41-year-old Dennis Barriera ...[...]

Police say the Windsor Locks man killed in the crash improperly turned into oncoming traffic, causing the crash.[...]