The recent tragic Route 8 fatality reported Courant could likely have been avoided if Connecticut followed the yield signing convention adopted by our neighboring states. Both New York and ... Read More

Connecticut officials say wrong-way driving detectors installed at 123 highway ramps across the state could help reduce highway fatalities this Thanksgiving week. Read More

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according to Connecticut State Police. The charges stem from a crash that occurred on Dec. 6, 2023, on Route 8 South shortly before 8:30 p.m., according to the warrant affidavit supporting Lazo ... Read More

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TRUMBULL, Conn. (WTNH) - A Bridgeport man turned himself in to state police Tuesday in connection to a fatal crash on Route 8 nearly a year ago. State police said Christopher Lazo, 27 ... Read More

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Lester Y. Rivera-Santiago, age 43, of Waterbury, was killed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, just before 10:30 p.m. on Route 8 in Thomaston, Connecticut State Police said. Rivera-Santiago was driving south on the ... Read More

State police have identified the man who died last week in a fiery one-vehicle crash on Route 8 southbound. Lester Y. Rivera-Santiago, 41, of Waterbury was killed when he drove his black 2002 Dodge ... Read More

The driver of a pickup truck was killed when the vehicle hit a wire rope railing and burst into flames on Route 8 south in Thomaston last week. Read More

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Police have identified the driver who was killed last week after their truck left the road and burst into flames in Litchfield County. Lester Y. Rivera-Santiago, age 43, of Waterbury, was killed on ... Read More

THOMASTON - A Waterbury man has been identified as the driver who died in a fiery crash on Route 8 last week, according to Connecticut State Police. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified ... Read More

Update 8:00 a.m: Officials; Highway 80 from the Bull River Bridge to Tybee Island is closed due to tidal flooding. They do not plan to reopen the roadway until the tide recedes enough for vehicles to ... Read More

State police allege that the driver slowed down but did not stop and instead tried to maneuver around the trooper, causing a collision. Read More

A state trooper collided with a wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Harwinton early Friday morning ... Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC ... Read More

Connecticut State Police are investigating a deadly, fiery Tuesday night crash on Route 8 Southbound in Thomaston. State Police say the accident happened around 10:24 p.m. Tuesday about a mile north ... Read More

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Route 15 North was congested for nearly four miles between exits 53 and 56 because of crash between exits 55B and 56 and the right lane was closed. The scene is now clear. State police ... Read More

Connecticut State Police said the crash took place in the southbound lanes of Route 8 near Exit 38 at around 10:24 p.m. Tuesday. Read More

(WTNH) - A driver died after a single-vehicle crash resulted in a car fire Tuesday night on Route 8, according to state ... was pronounced dead at the scene. The highway was shut down for ... Read More

A person was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Route 8 in Thomaston Tuesday night, according to state police. The crash happened around 10:25 p.m. on Route 8 South near Exit 38. A pickup truck veered ... Read More

A driver died after a single-vehicle crash resulted in a car fire Tuesday night on Route 8, according to state police. Police said the crash happened around 10:30 p.m. in ... Read More

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A Connecticut teen allegedly in possession of a large knife was arrested on a DUI charge Thursday after allegedly driving over 100 mph on Route 8 in Harwinton. Jack Reynolds, 19, has been arrested ... Read More