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Both sides of Interstate 95 in East Lyme have reopened after multiple crashes briefly closed the area on Monday morning. State police said there was a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer on the southbound side of the highway. At one point, the southbound side of the highway was fully closed between exits 74 and 73. No serious injuries…

One person has been taken to the hospital after a fiery crash on Interstate 84 West early Thursday morning, according to the Vernon Fire Department. The fire department said they received several 911 calls around 4:48 a.m. reporting a crash and vehicle fire on I-84 West, just before exit 66. and the initial reports were that an SUV hit the…

A Waterbury woman was seriously injured in a crash that closed I-84 East in Southington for hours on Thursday morning. According to state police, 58-year-old Lesley Petrafassi was driving in the left lane of I-84 near the Exit 31 on-ramp around 6:45 a.m. when a vehicle in the center lane veered into her lane and collided with her car. Her…

A tractor-trailer jackknifed on Interstate 91 North in Hartford and the highway was closed for hours. It has since reopened. The highway was closed between exits 29 and 29A. Heavy snow had been falling across much of the state since early Tuesday morning and Gov. Ned Lamont signed an order ahead of the storm that banned all tandem tractor-trailers and…

Interstate 84 West in Manchester has been closed for hours because of a crash.

A 25-year-old East Hartford woman has died after a crash on Interstate 84 in Manchester Thursday morning. State police said the driver of a 2016 Nissan Juke was in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of I-84 West near the exit 61 on-ramp just before 7 a.m., veered into the center lane and hit a 2015 Hyundai Genesis, sending the Hyundai into…

Both sides of Route 214 in Ledyard were closed because of a crash but have reopened. The CT Roads website said the road was closed between Trolley Line Boulevard and Route 2 and a vehicle overturned. The crash was reported at 8:50 a.m. No additional information was available.

A vehicle overturned on Route 9 South in Berlin and the left lane has reopened after being closed. The rollover happened between exits 33 and 32. Video showed police, fire and EMS crews at the scene. No additional information was immediately available.

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Route 15 South is closed in Stratford because of a vehicle fire. It is closed between exits 53 and 52. No additional information was immediately available.

Two people have died after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Fairfield late Thursday night. William Foster, 75, of Bridgeport, and Fred Eugene Nimmon, 70, of Aspers, Pennsylvania, were killed in the crash, according to state police. The crash happened on Interstate 95 North, near exit 22, at 11:59 p.m. State police said the Chevrolet Impala that Foster was…

State police responded to a crash on Interstate 91 North in Hartford early Friday morning and said injuries are reported. The crash happened around 6:22 a.m. near exit 33. State police said the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

Two lanes of Interstate 84 West are closed in Newtown because of a vehicle fire. The highway was closed at exit 9, according to state police. No injuries are reported. Drivers are urged to expect delays and to use alternate routes.

State police said a woman is dead after a car crash on Interstate 95 North in Stonington Thursday evening. I-95 North in Stonington was closed for hours before eventually reopening. State police initially said serious injuries were reported in the crash, which happened between exits 91 and 92. Three vehicles were involved, they said. Troopers said a car rear-ended another…

Interstate 395 North is closed in Norwich after a truck rolled over. The crash was reported at 1:42 p.m., according to CTRoads.org. The highway is closed between exits 13A and 13B.

Commuters traveling on I-195 through Providence, Rhode Island, got the first taste Tuesday of what will be a monthslong traffic jam for emergency work on the Washington Bridge. Westbound cars and trucks were backed up as the highway narrowed and traffic was diverted off the bridge, which highway officials closed Monday night after they found a “critical failure of some…

A woman has died and a 3-year-old was taken to the hospital after a crash on South Main Street in Middletown Monday night.

A New Britain woman has died and her 3-year-old son was taken to the hospital after a crash on South Main Street in Middletown Monday night. The crash happened in the area of Round Hill Road around 7:45 p.m. Responding officers said a Nissan Altima hit a tow truck. Police have identified the woman who died as 23-year-old Lindsey Pelletier,…

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced an emergency closure of the Washington Bridge on Monday, a busy artery in the Providence area. The bridge connects East Providence to Providence via I-195, over the Seekonk River. Transportation officials said Monday that they closed all the westbound lanes after they found a “critical failure of some bridge components.” Traffic will be…

Two crashes caused heavy delays on Interstate 84 West in Plainville on Friday morning and the scenes have since cleared. A tractor-trailer and another vehicle collided between exits 35 and 33 and injuries are reported in another crash between exits 33 and 32. The tractor-trailer and another vehicle collided just after 8:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. State police said…