crash investigation

Route 9 in Cromwell has fully reopened after a two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon. This all unfolded around 12:45 on the northbound side where Route 9 and two portions of I-91 converge. State Police say a Buick Regal, being driven by an 81-year-old New Britain woman, was in the right center lane when it suddenly lost control and went into the…

Part of Route 85 in Waterford is back open after a crash Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred around 2:20 and involved multiple vehicles. Police noted that multiple people were taken to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, all with non-life threatening injuries. An exact total as to the number of vehicles that were involved in the crash and people that were transported…

A tanker carrying milk has rolled over and spilled nearly 1,500 gallons of milk onto the road in Woodstock. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said a 6,500 gallon tanker truck flipped on its side at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. DEEP officials said between 1,000 and 1,500 gallons of milk spilled into a dry swale on the side…

Investigators are looking into what led up to a crash Thursday evening in Hartford. It happened around 7 on Jennings Road near the Exit 33 ramp and involved a State Police cruiser. An ambulance did respond to the scene, but it the extent of injuries are not yet known. Additional information is expected to be released as the investigation continues.

Police say they are seeking charges against an 85-year-old woman from Maynard in connection with a hit-and-run crash that landed an Acton, Massachusetts, teen in a coma last month.

Police have arrested a man that’s accused of fleeing a crash that left two pedestrians dead on Interstate 91 in Wethersfield last year. State police said 34-year-old Shawn Wright, of Windsor, turned himself in to police on Wednesday after learning there was an active warrant for his arrest. On Sept. 19, 2021, troopers responded to a car accident involving pedestrians…

Sullivan Avenue, or Route 194, in South Windsor has reopened after being closed for several hours Tuesday evening due to a serious crash. Police said the crash happened at the intersection of Schweir Road. The road was closed while police conducted their investigation. The town’s Metro Traffic Services is responding and will assist the traffic unit with their investigation. The…

Authorities said a 13-year-old has serious injuries after being struck by a car in New Haven Thursday night. The incident happened on Ellsworth Avenue at about 5:45 p.m. Fire officials said the teenager was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious injuries. It’s unclear how they’re doing at this time. No additional information was immediately available. This...

A motorcyclist is seriously injured after a crash in Hamden on Friday night. Officers were called to Dixwell Avenue near Cherry Ann Street around 5:15 p.m. after getting a report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle. According to police, the driver of the motorcycle suffered serious injuries in the crash. The 36-year-old man was treated on scene…

Four people, two of them minors, had to be taken to the hospital Saturday after a crash in Bridgeport. It all unfolded around 1:30 in the afternoon along the 900 block of Briarwood Avenue and involved a total of two vehicles, a 2013 Ford Escape and a 2013 Ford Taurus. The driver of the Escape was able to get out…

Two people were taken to the hospital after their vehicle crashed and landed upside down on top of a rock wall in Mystic on Sunday morning. Dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a single-vehicle accident on Starr Lane shortly before 1 a.m. When emergency crews arrived, they said they found the driver, identified as a 31-year-old New York man, partially…

Two teenagers were rushed to the hospital after a crash early Saturday morning in New Britain. It happened just after 3:30 on the eastbound side of Route 72 prior to Route 9 South. State Police say a Toyota Camry was in the left lane when it suddenly struck the guardrail on the left side before crossing into the right lane…

A stretch of I-84 is flowing smoothly once again. According to the state Department of Transformation, a motorcycle crash had shut down part of I-84 East in West Hartford Saturday evening. It happened around 6:15 near Exit 33. Authorities haven’t said whether any other vehicles were involved in the crash or if anyone was injured. The roadway was closed for…

A crash involving a motorcycle closed part of a busy roadway in Preston, but it has since reopened. The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday on the eastbound side of Route 2 near Maynard Hill Road, according to the state Department of Transportation. While details remain limited, officials say that a vehicle was also involved in the crash. It…

A 51-year-old Plainville man has died after a motorcycle crash on Route 2 in East Hartford Thursday night. State police said Glenn Pelletier was driving a Harley Davidson and hit a concrete barrier near the exit 5 off-ramp around 9:13 p.m. Pelletier was thrown from the motorcycle and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to state police. State police…

A Connecticut State Police sergeant has been arrested after investigators said she crashed into a vehicle in Brookfield last weekend and left the scene. Troopers said Sgt. Catherine Koeppel was driving on Route 7 North in Brookfield on Sunday, July 24, around 9:30 p.m. when she rear-ended another vehicle. The crash damaged both vehicles. No injuries were reported. After an…

A Connecticut State Police sergeant has been suspended as authorities investigate an accident in Brookfield. State police said that Sgt. Catherine Koeppel’s police powers have been suspending pending the outcome of the crash investigation. The crash happened on July 24 in the area of Route 7 and Route 202. Koeppel was traveling north on Route 7 when she allegedly rear-ended…

An ambulance was involved in a multi-vehicle crash while responding to a separate crash that was caused by a driver who was under the influence in Middletown on Friday, according to state police. Troopers said a woman from Hamden was traveling on I-91 northbound near exit 20 around 12:42 p.m. when she drove off of the left shoulder and collided…

A woman has serious injuries after state police said she was pinned between a trailer and a vehicle following a collision in Litchfield on Tuesday. State police said a landscape trailer and truck was parked off of the right side of Baldwin Hill Road around 10 a.m. An employee from a lawn service company was standing at the back of…

Two people were extricated from a box truck and were transported to the hospital after the vehicle crashed head-on into a jersey barrier on Interstate 95 south in East Haven on Saturday. Fire officials said the box truck that was carrying what is believed to be building materials hit the jersey barrier head-on between exits 52 and 51. According to…