Technology upgraded on Connecticut highway signs to help prevent wrong-way crashes
In Connecticut, there's a safety system in place to prevent drivers from making a deadly mistake. The red wrong-way signs on highway entrance ramps have gotten a technology upgrade with flashing ... > react
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Reading area teen charged in deadly July Route 87 crash
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- Route 87
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- Dec 11, 2024 4:00pm
87PHIL HOLMES / Sun-Gazette The woman riding in this Chevrolet Cruze was killed when the car and a Jeep Grand Cherokee collided on Route 87 in Upper Fairfield Township on July 6. Authorities charged a ... Read More
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- Nov 26, 2024 05:16am
Connecticut officials say wrong ... at a media briefing about highway safety for the holiday on Monday near a Route 8 ramp in Naugatuck. He's glad the state Department of Transportation is ... Read More
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Hwy. 80 in Russell County reopens hours after crash
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- Hwy-80
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- Nov 22, 2024 3:54pm
causing the east and westbound lanes of Highway 80 near County Road 21 to close for several hours. Authorities said the roadway reopened around 9 pm. CT. No further details about the crash were ... Read More
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CT man accused of causing crash on Route 8 that killed father, injured young daughter
- Connecticut
- Route 8 North
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- Nov 21, 2024 09:30am
8according 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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2 arrested in Torrington after multiple reports of erratic driving
- Connecticut
- CT-8 NEAR TORRINGTON
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- Dec 06, 2024 06:41am
The same vehicle was also implicated in several hit and run crashes in Hartford and West Hartford prior to arriving in Torrington, police said. Police said the vehicle then got onto Route 8 ... Read More
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Naugatuck crash on Route 8 involving DOT truck sends one person to the hospital, police say
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- Rt 8
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- Dec 01, 2024 4:00pm
NAUGATUCK - A crash involving a state Department of Transportation truck temporarily closed down a lane Route 8 on Monday, police said. Connecticut State Police said troopers were called at 2:21 p.m. Read More
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Technology upgraded on Connecticut highway signs to help prevent wrong-way crashes
- Connecticut
- Hwy-8
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- Nov 26, 2024 3:05pm
In Connecticut, there's a safety system in place to prevent drivers from making a deadly mistake. The red wrong-way signs on highway entrance ramps have gotten a technology upgrade with flashing ... Read More
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CT man accused of causing crash on Route 8 that killed father, injured young daughter
- Connecticut
- Route 8
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- Nov 21, 2024 09:30am
8according 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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'Every day I wake up just expecting the worst': Wrong-way crashes plague Connecticut highways
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- I-84 Near Naugatuck
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- Nov 24, 2024 4:00pm
84NAUGATUCK - Standing next to the ramp that is the second-most likely spot in Connecticut for motorists ... Danbury - Interstate-84 westbound at Exit 5: 17 detections Naugatuck - Route 8 ... Read More
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Readers speak: Yield signs needed on CT highway entrance ramps
- Connecticut
- Hwy-272
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- Nov 30, 2024 02:34am
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
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- Dec 03, 2024 4:12pm
State police arrested a Milford man after a collision with a state Department of Transportation truck Monday on Route 8. Troop I in Bethany received reports of a crash at 2:11 p.m. on Route 8 south on ... Read More
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Technology upgraded on Connecticut highway signs to help prevent wrong-way crashes
- Connecticut
- Hwy-8
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- Nov 26, 2024 3:08pm
The red wrong-way signs on highway entrance ramps have gotten a technology upgrade with flashing lights that alert the driver, allowing them to turn around before getting on the wrong way. Read More
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- Nov 26, 2024 06:00am
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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Naugatuck crash on Route 8 involving DOT truck sends one person to the hospital, police say
- Connecticut
- Rt 8
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- Dec 01, 2024 4:00pm
NAUGATUCK - A crash involving a state Department of Transportation truck temporarily closed down a lane Route 8 on Monday, police said. Connecticut State Police said troopers were called at 2:21 p.m. Read More
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CT man accused of causing crash on Route 8 that killed father, injured young daughter
- Connecticut
- Route 8 N
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- Nov 21, 2024 09:30am
8according 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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