Connecticut DUI Accidents

State police are not planning on setting up DUI checkpoints on Connecticut highways, but have made three dozen drunk driving arrests over the past few New Year's Eve weekends.[...]

The New Year consistently ranks among the deadliest days for alcohol-related fatal car accidents, according to AAA.[...]

A Lowell, Mass. woman was arrested on Christmas Day on a charge of operating under the influence after allegedly leaving the scene of a crash in Connecticut while two young ...[...]

A drunken Danbury woman is facing charges after police stopped her for speeding over the weekend in Wilton, authorities said.Leticia Duarte Goncalves was behind the wheel of a black Tesla Model Y ...[...]

Connecticut is one of only 11 states that allow motor vehicle passengers to drink alcohol from open containers.[...]

A Massachusetts woman was arrested on Christmas after allegedly hitting a car and continuing to drive while under the influence.[...]

A Massachusetts woman was intoxicated and had two babies and another adult in the vehicle when police say she caused a crash and then fled the scene on I-84 in Connecticut on Christmas.Pheak Si, 40, ...[...]

After stopping the car, police identified the driver as 39-year-old Pheak Si from Lowell, Massachusetts. The car also had an adult passenger and two children, ages 2 and 7 months old. Officers ...[...]

A Massachusetts woman was charged with driving under the influence after she allegedly hit a car and continued to drive on Interstate 84 near Exit 67 in Vernon, police ...[...]

Connecticut State Police responded to 150 crashes that caused 14 injuries between Monday and Wednesday, they said.[...]

A woman has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk during an apparent hit-and-run crash with two kids in the car on Interstate 84 in Vernon. The crash happened at about 6:45 p.m. on Christmas Day ...[...]

Coinbase advised that they would attempt to refund the money, but they required police documentation of the incident to proceed. Suspicious On Dec. 17, a UPS driver called and stated two women driving ...[...]

Connecticut state police released the Christmas holiday statistics for Monday, Dec. 23, to Wednesday, Dec. 26. State police said 15 people were arrested on DUI charges. Police received around 1,632 ...[...]

Connecticut State Police reported no fatal crashes over the Christmas holiday, according to their traffic statistics, though they said troopers responded to 150 crashes that caused 14 injuries ...[...]

A Meriden man was charged with driving under the influence following a Monday night crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill.[...]

Connecticut State Police said they will be "out in force" over ... police recorded 237 speeding violations and 259 crashes or collisions that caused 27 injuries, according to the release. DUI arrests ...[...]

A traffic stop on Interstate 684 in the Hudson Valley led to a violent confrontation with an intoxicated Connecticut man who resisted arrest, authorities said.The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on ...[...]

A 43-year-old Cheshire man was arrested on a host of motor vehicle charges Friday on I-91, after Connecticut State Police said the man was clocked driving 127 mph on the thruway in Wallingford.[...]

Derrick Hannon was arrested in Wallingford after he appeared to be street racing on I-91 north late Friday, Connecticut State Police said in a news release.[...]

The man was charged with DUI last week after state police reportedly caught him racing another driver on Interstate 91 in North Haven.[...]

CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH ... to a three-vehicle crash on the Route 9 southbound Exit 29 ramp to Interstate 91 northbound. Troopers said the crash sequence started with a rear-end collision ...[...]

State police arrested a man who they said was going 127 miles per hour on Interstate 91 in Wallingford on Friday night and they said they found he was under the influence of alcohol. A state trooper ...[...]

WALLINGFORD, CT (WFSB) - A man was arrested for racing and drunk driving on Interstate 91 in Wallingford ... The trooper managed to catch up the the SUV, a red Toyota 4Runner with Connecticut plates.[...]

A Connecticut driver faces a long list of charges after police say he was caught racing another car at more than 125 miles per hour on I-91 while intoxicated.Derrick R. Hannon, 43, of Cheshire, is ...[...]

Police arrested Rodriguez at 2:14 a.m. after an officer found a vehicle that appeared to have crashed in the area of Route 5 and Interstate 291 ... He's a Connecticut cat that needs a new ...[...]

CROMWELL - A Wethersfield man was arrested Monday evening after police say he caused a crash on Route 9 while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Connecticut State Police said Marvin ...[...]

Connecticut State Police arrested a Stamford man in Hamden Monday night after he reportedly drove the wrong way and crashed his sedan at the Route 15 southbound Exit 60 off-ramp while under the ...[...]

HAMDEN, CT - A ... alert at the Route 15 South Exit 60 off-ramp in Hamden showing a silver Infiniti sedan driving in the wrong direction around 11:15 p.m., according to Connecticut State Police.[...]

Troopers received several 911 calls shortly after 1:40 a.m. reporting a driver in a black Toyota sedan driving erratically near the Route 72 interchange, according to Connecticut State Police.[...]

Two troopers set up the temporary block on I-84 West near Exit 47 around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to clear debris in the left lane, according to Connecticut State Police. The troopers conducted a ...[...]

(WTNH) - A New Britain man was arrested for DUI on Monday in Plainville ... 84 in Hartford State police received multiple 911 calls complaining about a Toyota sedan driving erratically on I-84 ...[...]

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Troopers who worked to clear debris on Interstate 84 in Hartford ... happened on Saturday around 2:30 a.m. near exit 47 of I-84 westbound. Troopers said they were initially ...[...]

Recruits at the Eastern Regional Police Academy in Norwich are learning how to detect ... In 2022, more than 6,000 people in Connecticut were charged with DUI's or driving under the influence.[...]

Two troopers set up the temporary block on I-84 West near Exit 47 around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to clear debris in the left lane, according to Connecticut State Police. The troopers conducted a ...[...]