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Waterbury wrong-way crash reinforces need to talk to loved ones about road safety
A Connecticut State Police trooper’s dash camera caught the tense moments a wrong-way driver crashed into him on Route 8 in Waterbury.
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CT DOT installs more wrong-way driver alert systems
On Monday, the state continued its rollout of new technology to alert wrong-way drivers that they need to turn around.
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CTDOT to install more wrong-way detection signs this week
This week, the state Department of Transportation will be installing wrong-way detection technology at six different locations across the state.
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CTDOT to install more wrong-way detection signs this week
This week, the state Department of Transportation will be installing wrong-way detection technology at six different locations across the state. “2022 was really the worst year for wrong-way driving in memory. There were 13 crashes, which resulted in 23 deaths,” said Josh Morgan, spokesperson for CTDOT. Morgan says so far this year, there have been 7 wrong-way fatalities. “I have…
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Wrong-way detection system leads to driver's arrest in Windsor
The state’s new wrong-way detection system led to the arrest of a driver in Windsor Saturday night.
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Officials address toxicology results in wrong-way crashes
The fatal wrong-way crash in West Haven on Sunday brings the total up to seven fatalities so far this year on Connecticut highways. That is the same number of wrong-way deaths in all of 2023. In 2022, there were the most wrong-way related deaths in recent years with 23 total. The Connecticut Transportation Institute and Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center…
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Factors contributing to some fatal wrong-way crashes in Connecticut
There have been several fatal wrong-way crashes in the state. Officials address some of the possible contributing factors.
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DOT adds new signs and technology to CT on-ramps after record-number of wrong-way crashes
More Connecticut drivers died in wrong-way crashes last year than ever before. That’s why the state Department of Transportation is rolling out $40 million in new technology trying to prevent more wrong-way crashes.
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DOT adds new signs, technology to CT on-ramps after record-number of wrong-way crashes
More Connecticut drivers died in wrong-way crashes last year than ever before. That’s why the state Department of Transportation is rolling out $40 million in new technology trying to prevent more wrong-way crashes. Two hundred on-ramps are getting new signs. The signs are activated and light up when a car drives the wrong way down the ramp. Instead of the…
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New Campaign Aims to Combat Wrong-Way Crashes
A new campaign announced Friday hopes to bring down the number of wrong-way crashes and deaths in the state after one of the deadliest years on record.
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State Police Continue Search For Wrong-Way Driver
A wrong-way driver sideswiped a state police cruiser on I-91 in the Hartford area early Sunday morning.
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Wrong-Way Driving Crashes a Longstanding Problem in Connecticut
Connecticut set a new record with 23 wrong-way fatalities in 2022. The state has been looking at possible solutions to this issue for some time – long before the fatal crash involving Rep. Quentin Williams this week. Connecticut is lagging behind neighboring Rhode Island, which has had a sophisticated wrong-way driver warning network for eight years. In 2017, NBC Connecticut…
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Wrong-Way Driving Crashes a Longstanding Problem in Connecticut
Connecticut set a new record with 23 wrong-way fatalities in 2022.
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1 Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on I-91 South in Windsor Locks
One person is injured after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 91 south in Windsor Locks on New Year’s Eve. State police said 37-year-old Calvin Ennis, of Hartford, was traveling northbound in the southbound lane of I-91 near exit 40 around 5:30 a.m. According to state police, Ennis was in the right lane going the wrong way when he collided with…