Connecticut
Connecticut police officers looking out for drunk drivers on Thanksgiving Eve
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Thanksgiving Eve is a holiday right up there with New Years Eve and Super Bowl Sunday when it comes to drunk driving incidents.
State police officers are on the road looking for drunk drivers, trying to keep everyone safe with a strong message.
“The fire department had to use the jaws of life to cut the whole driver side door off because I couldn’t get out of the vehicle, I was wedged in,” Connecticut State Police Trooper Chandler Chasse said.
Chasse was hit by a driver on the job and has had to stop wrong way drivers on the highway. This year, he’s in the Hartford area looking for drunk drivers.
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Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
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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