Norwalk 3 mins ago

Car merging onto I-95 South hit fuel truck before fiery crash in Norwalk: state police

NBC Connecticut Investigates has learned that a car merging onto Interstate 95 South hit a fuel truck that later hit a tractor-trailer before all three vehicles caught on fire on Thursday morning, acc...

  • Norwalk 5 hours ago

    Diverted traffic bringing frustration, opportunity for Norwalk-area entrepreneurs

    As traffic continues to snarl streets along Route 1 in Norwalk, from the I-95 closure, it’s having an impact on businesses in the area. Outside of Silver Star Diner in Norwalk, owner Alexandros Savvidis sees a clogged Route 1. “Bumper to bumper and somebody wants to come in, it’s impossible. If I have to leave, you got to go the…
  • Hartford 20 hours ago

    Hartford hit-and-run victim's family grieves the loss of a father 

    Ashley Davila Morales is the daughter of Gilbert Davila. She remembers her dad affectionately giving her the title ‘bodyguard,’ as a young child.  “He would put me on his shoulders, and that to me, I always took it to the heart,” Ashley said. “For me, for him to call me his bodyguard, like listen I’m too small to be...

  • Southington 23 hours ago

    Woman abandoned cats, ran over kitten in Southington parking lot: police

    A New Britain woman is facing animal cruelty charges after police say she abandoned a cat and a kitten in a parking lot and then ran over the kitten while driving away. Police responded to the Walmart parking lot on Queen Street in Southington on April 15 after getting a call about the cats being abandoned there. Witnesses reported seeing…...
  • Trumbull 20 hours ago

    Route 15 South in Trumbull reopens after serious crash

    Route 15 South was closed in Trumbull because of a serious crash Friday afternoon. State police said the crash happened just after noon on Route 15 South near exit 47 and serious injuries were reported. The extent is not yet known. The CT State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Squad unit responded to the scene. The parkway has since reopene...
  • Metro-North 21 hours ago

    Metro-North adds service this weekend and Monday due to I-95 closure

    Metro-North is adding service over the weekend and on Monday because of the closure of Interstate 95 in Norwalk. A fiery crash at 5:30 a.m. Thursday closed the highway and it remains closed. Officials do not expect it to reopen until Monday morning to allow for crews to remove the Fairfield Avenue, which was damaged by the fire. The Metropolitan&#8...
  • Crime and Courts 21 hours ago

    State police charge brother of inmate accused of trying to hire hitman

    A month after arresting an inmate who is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his former girlfriend and her loved ones, including her two children, state police have filed charges against his brother as well. State police said 31-year-old Joshua Peikert, an inmate at Corrigan Correctional Institute in Uncasville, paid a former cellmate to fin...
  • Middletown May 3

    Driver left scene after collision with state police vehicle on Route 9: police

    State police are looking for the driver who was involved in a crash with a state police vehicle on Route 9 in Middletown Friday morning and then left the scene. State police said they were notified of a crash involving a state police vehicle and a white Nissan Altima on Route 9 North near exit 21 around 8:30 a.m. Police…

  • Glastonbury May 3

    Police arrest 4 suspects after robbery and burglaries in Glastonbury

    Glastonbury police have arrested four suspects after an investigation into an armed robbery and several burglaries early on Feb. 4. Police have been investigating a burglary to the Shell gas station at 2088 Hebron Ave., several vehicle burglaries at homes, the theft of a motor vehicle stolen from a residence and an armed robbery at the Mobil gas st...
  • Ledyard May 3

    2 charged with animal cruelty in Ledyard

    Ledyard police have charged two women with animal cruelty after seizing two dogs, four cats, a rabbit, a tortoise and a hedgehog last month. Police said one of the women called Ledyard Animal Control Officers on the morning of April 6, demanding they come and take possession of “abandoned animals.” When animal control officers arrived, they found t...
  • Bristol May 3

    Investigation into gunshots fired at driver in Bristol leads to arrest

    Bristol police have arrested a suspect who is accused of shooting at a driver, getting into another person’s car and then assaulting police officers who were taking him into custody.   Police said the investigation started when they received several calls reporting a shooting on Stevens Street on Thursday. One caller said a person in a dark se...
  • danbury May 2

    Serious injuries reported in Danbury truck accident

    While parts of I-95 remain closed Thursday night after a fiery accident in Norwalk, authorities in Danbury responded to a serious crash on I-84 in Danbury. Police, firefighters and EMS crews responded to the area of exit 2 westbound at around 6:15 p.m. They discovered a SUV that had rear-ended a tractor-trailer. Two of the three occupants inside th...
  • new haven May 2

    Small plane headed to CT crashed into residential Georgia neighborhood, killing pilot

    A pilot has died after a small plane heading to Connecticut crashed into a residential neighborhood in a Georgia city. The plane crashed on Thursday a little more than a half mile (1 kilometer) from Daniel Field, a general aviation airport in Augusta. Augusta University told local news outlets that the pilot was Jason McKenzie, the associate direct...
  • west haven May 2

    State police announce $50K reward in 2020 shooting death of man in West Haven

    Connecticut State Police are now offering a $50,000 reward to help solve the shooting death of a man in West Haven back in 2020. The family and investigators hope it will help close this case and bring the family peace after four years of pain. “It has been four years of what we’ve been going through,” Mavis Stennett, stepmother o...
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