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Lawsuit claims ‘carelessness' by Hartford leaders after 13-year-old's fentanyl death
A lawsuit has been filed in connection to the death of a 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford last year. The suit was filed Monday on behalf of Ethan Hernandez-Reyes, who died of a fentanyl overdose at the school on Jan. 13, 2022. It was filed against the City of Hartford and the City of…
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Lives lost to overdoses in CT remembered during candlelight vigil in Hartford
Families all over Connecticut remembered loved ones who died from overdoses or addiction with a candlelight vigil in Hartford Thursday.
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Lives lost to overdoses in CT remembered during candlelight vigil in Hartford
Families all over Connecticut remembered loved ones who died from overdoses or addiction with a candlelight vigil in Hartford Thursday. One by one, the names of sons, daughters and parents lost to drug addiction are read aloud. Their faces, more than 200 of them, displayed in somber remembrance. “He was the best of me and my husband,” said Christine Gagnon…
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Families, lawmakers honor thousands of people who lost their lives to overdoses in CT
More than 1,400 people in Connecticut died from drug overdoses last year, and thousands of others have succumbed to addiction in previous years. Their memories are being honored on International Overdose Awareness Day. At Walnut Hill Park in New Britain, 1,464 white flags mark a life lost to an overdose in Connecticut last year. Susan Vidro knows how the families…
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Connecticut's overdose victims remembered
State leaders Thursday remembered more than 1,400 people from Connecticut who died of drug overdoses last year.
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Uptick in fatal overdoses from cocaine in New Haven area
Police are warning today about an increase in the amount of fatal drug overdoses tied to the use of cocaine and crack cocaine. The Connecticut Department of Public Health 16 fatal drug overdoses in the New Haven area between July 1 and July 11, an unusually high number, according to police. Reported fatal overdoses occurred in the towns of Derby,…
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Officials Issue Warning Amid 12 Fatal ODs in New Haven in Less Than 2 Weeks
NBC Connecticut There have been 12 fatal drug overdoses in the city of New Haven in less than two weeks.