CT Man Killed After Vehicle Flips Over Railroad Tracks, Police Say
A Connecticut man was killed after losing control of his vehicle and being ejected after hitting railroad tracks along Route 8, said Connecticut State Police.
New Haven County resident Jonathan Vazquez, age 24, of Derby, was killed around 1 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 4, while traveling northbound on Route 8 near Beacon Falls, said state police.
According to state police, For an unknown reason, Vazquez lost control of his Honda Accord and veered off the roadway to the right.
The vehicle then crossed into the grass shoulder where it struck and went over the metal beam guardrail, traveled down t…
Fatal, Double-Shooting Inside Busy Convenience Store, Connecticut
Two people were shot by an unidentified perpetrator, one fatally, inside of a Connecticut convenience store.
A 45-year-old man was found on the floor of the Willow Street, Waterbury, Green Store with a gunshot wound to the abdomen just before 11 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8. At the time, the victim was unconscious but still breathing. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, at Waterbury Hospital.
The name of the deceased victim was not released by authorities.
Witnesses reportedly told police that several people were having a "loud discussion" in the store before…
Son, Daughter Killed By Mother's Boyfriend In Double-Murder Suicide In CT, Police Say
Two teenagers are dead in Connecticut after a murder-suicide involving their mother's boyfriend in their home, police said.
Officers from the Watertown Police Department responded to a Litchfield Road home at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, where there was a report of a man who had just shot two teens, police said.
Upon arrival, they found the teens with gunshot wounds to the chest, and their mother's boyfriend, Paul Ferguson, 42, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the master bedroom.
It was determined that Ferguson, who had recently moved into the home, sho…
Woman In Serious Condition After Being Mauled By Her Four Dogs In Connecticut
A Connecticut woman is in serious condition after being mauled by her four large bull mastiffs.
The incident took place around 2:20 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7, when Plymouth Police responded to a report of a person bitten by multiple dogs at her Terryville home, in the Plymouth region, said the Plymouth Police.
When police arrived at her Eastview Road home, they found Patty Collins, in the backyard of a neighbor's home with numerous bite wounds, and were able to extract her from the situation, police said.
As the officer worked to free Collins from the attack, the four loose dogs were "actively …
Greenwich HS Grad From Newtown Killed In I-84 Wrong-Way Crash
Funeral services have been set for a Newtown business owner and Greenwich High School graduate who was one of two people killed in a wrong-way crash on I-84.
According to Connecticut State Police, Diego Fernando Jimenez, 48, of Newtown, died following a wrong-way crash around 1 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, on I-84 in Southbury.
State Police said the crash occurred when David Hozer, 46, of Southbury, was traveling the wrong way on westbound I-84 when his 2011 Audi Q5 struck a limousine Jimenez was driving.
Jimenez died about an hour after the crash at Waterbury Hospital. Hozer died Sunday…
Man Seriously Injured After Being Run Over By Own Jeep, CT State Police Say
A 73-year-old man was seriously injured after being run over by his own vehicle in a liquor store parking lot after allegedly leaving the Jeep Cherokee in gear, said Connecticut State Police.
The incident took place around 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, when Stephen Kovzel, of Oxford, got out of his vehicle in the parking lot of the Oxford Liquor Shoppe, at 19 Oxford Road, state police said.
While getting out of the vehicle it began to roll backward and hit another vehicle in the parking lot. The driver of the hit vehicle, a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado, moved his vehicle backward after being …
