Route 8

A man has been arrested for allegedly going 120 miles per hour on Route 8 in Naugatuck on Monday morning. State police said a man in his 20s is accused of driving erratically at a high speed. The driver also followed vehicles closely and at unsafe distances, passed on the right and made unsafe lane changes. A trooper in the…

A fire vehicle that was blocking traffic after a wrong-way crash on Route 8 in Beacon Falls on Tuesday night is severely damaged after being hit by another vehicle. Firefighters were originally called to a head-on crash on Route 8 South near exit 25. The crash was reported by multiple 911 callers a few minutes before 11 p.m. According to…

Connecticut State Police have arrested a man that was clocked going 120 miles per hour on Route 8 in Bridgeport early Sunday morning. Troopers said said they arrested a New Jersey man who is accused of going over twice the posted speed limit, which was 55 mph. The incident happened at 2 a.m. When troopers tried to pull the man…