Connecticut
17-year-old dead after nighttime shooting in New Haven
A 17-year-old is dead after a shooting on Shelton Avenue in New Haven Tuesday night.
The police department said the shooting happened near Huntington Street just before 7 p.m.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson said the teen was shot in the road. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
The 17-year-old’s identity is unknown at this time. Jacobson said the teen killed tonight knew 16-year-old Uzziah Shell, who died in a broad daylight shooting two weeks ago.
It follows another deadly shooting that happened in a parking lot on George Street Monday afternoon.
The police chief said the 17-year-old went to Riverside Academy in New Haven. The school superintendent has been notified and police say there will be grief counseling available to students.
The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 203-946-6304.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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