Connecticut Fatal Accidents

Advancements in DNA have helped identify a woman who was killed in 1985 and left burning on the side of Interstate 95 in Westport.[...]

Connecticut State Police are investigating a deadly crash Tuesday on the Merritt Parkway in New Canaan. Troopers say Frank Brantner, 85, of Saint Petersburg, Florida, drove his 2015 Lexus 350 RC into ...[...]

A man was killed following a multi-vehicle collision that caused lengthy delays on a busy Connecticut highway. The crash happened in Fairfield County on Tuesday, Nov. 26 just after 3 p.m., when four ...[...]

An 85-year-old man has died after a four-car crash on Route 15 North in New Canaan on Tuesday afternoon. State police said 85-year-old Frank Brantner, of Florida, was driving near exit 36 around 3 p.m ...[...]

Connecticut State Police said Frank Lawrence Brantner, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died in a crash on the Merritt Parkway in New Canaan Tuesday.[...]

A woman has died in a crash involving a CT Department of Transportation (DOT) truck in Plymouth, and Route 72 remained closed several hours later. DOT officials said Route 72, or Poland Brook Road, ...[...]

If you're pulled over on I-95, you're getting a ticket. That's it,'? New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday.[...]

PLYMOUTH - A female was killed in a crash on Route 72 in Plymouth Tuesday afternoon that involved a Department of Transportation truck and three other cars, police said. Police responded to the ...[...]

Brady Bolduc, 22, turned himself into police Nov. 21 on charges of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle in a Dec. 23, 2023 crash in Thompson, police said.[...]

One of the two dogs that survived a plane crash in New York that killed the pilot who was transporting rescued dogs as well as another dog is being treated in Connecticut. Whiskey, a 4-month-old ...[...]

State police alleged that both men were doing a '?wheelie'? as they approached each other from the opposite direction and collided at Quaddick State Park.[...]

He and another dirt bike rider collided head-on in Quaddick State Forest on Dec. 23 and 22-year-old Steven Zografos, of Oxford, Massachusetts, died at the scene after the crash, according to state ...[...]

ELLINGTON, CT (WFSB) - A passenger was killing in a vehicle crash and fire that happened in Ellington on Monday night. State police they said could not identify the passenger. The crash happened on ...[...]

Authorities are working to identify a person killed in a fiery crash in Connecticut. The crash happened in Tolland County on Monday, Nov. 25 just before 8 p.m., when a 2016 Kia Sorento Lx speeding in ...[...]

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

McGregor was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the side of Route 2 on Oct. 22. He died of injuries sustained in the crash a month later. The clerk also had a career as a Hartford police officer. '?When ...[...]

Connecticut's track record on crashes means that the current 299 fatalities in 2024 is likely to rise during the upcoming holiday weekend.[...]

Connecticut State Police said they are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash on Route 44 in Putnam from Saturday night. Based on a preliminary investigation, state police said the crash happened at 6 ...[...]

A man who was walking on Route 44 in Putnam on Saturday night has died after being struck by a vehicle. State police said 68-year-old Leo Blain, of Putnam, was walking along Route 44 around 6 p.m.[...]

A 64-year-old Connecticut man died from injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle while crossing State Highway 35 earlier this ...[...]

PUTNAM, Conn. (WTNH ... asked to contact TFC Matthew Siart at 860-779-4900 or be email at matthew.siart@ct.gov.[...]

Authorities have identified the 68-year-old man who was hit while walking along a Connecticut highway on Saturday, Nov. 23. Leo Blain, of Putnam in Windham County, was hit and killed around 6 p.m. as ...[...]

A 68-year-old pedestrian was killed after he was struck by a vehicle while walking on Route 44 in Putnam on Saturday evening.[...]

An almost 70-year-old man was hit and killed on Route 44 in Putnam Saturday evening. State Police report that a 68-year-old man, Leo Blain from Putnam, was along Route ...[...]

On Oct. 28, a highway construction crew working in a closed lane of Interstate 95 in North Stonington watched as a driver passed warning signs and flashing lights into the work zone. When a trooper ...[...]

A 64-year-old Connecticut man died this week after he was struck by a car while crossing a busy Monmouth County roadway earlier this month, authorities said.[...]

Police in Harwinton are investigating the Terryville Road incident ... Wrong-Way Driver Collides Head-On With CT Police Cruiser In Harwinton: Cops Wealthy CT Financier Killed In Ireland; Son Charged ...[...]

An 82-year-old Connecticut man died after his car drove off Interstate 91 and landed on Island Pond Road in Northampton on Wednesday.[...]

The search continues for the suspect in a drive-by shooting in Hartford on Tuesday afternoon that killed a 20-year-old mother and her 4-month-old son and police said on Thursday that they have located the vehicle they were searching for. Investigator[...]

NORTHAMPTON - An 82-year-old Connecticut man was killed late Wednesday night when his car veered off Interstate 91 and crashed onto Island Pond Road in Northampton below the highway. The crash ...[...]

A Bridgeport man charged in a Trumbull crash that killed a Norwalk man told police he didn't realize he had hit another car when changing lanes, a warrant says.[...]

A Hyundai Elantra struck the rear of a tractor-trailer as it was changing lanes and spun out, state police said.[...]

WILLINGTON, CT (WFSB) - A woman has died following a crash on I-84 in Willington Wednesday evening. State police say that the crash happened at around 3:15 p.m. in the area of exit 71. According to ...[...]

WILLINGTON, Conn - A woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 84 in Willington Wednesday, according to Connecticut State Police. State police said the crash happened in the area of exit 71 on ...[...]