Connecticut
Dozens of roads in Connecticut remains closed due to flooding
Dozens of roads in Connecticut remain closed on Monday after heavy rainfall on Sunday. More rain is expected on Monday and it could cause more flooding in already flooded areas.
Officials say the following roads are currently closed:
Ansonia
- Franklin Street (Route 334) at Wakelee Avenue
- Route 115 at State Street
- There is reportedly a rockslide in this area.
Bethel
- Route 6 between I-8 and Old Hawleyville Road
Bridgewater
- Route 133 at Wewaka Brook Road
Danbury
- Federal Road at Turkey Extension
Deep River
- Route 80 (Elm Street) between Plains and Warsaw Street
- This closure is due to debris in the roadway.
Monroe
- Route 34 between Route 111 and Coppermine Road
Newtown
- Route 6 at Commerce Road
- Route 25 at Ethan Allen Road
- Route 34 between Holly Road and Route 111
Oxford
- Route 34 at Loughlin Road
- Route 188 between Hulls Hill Road and Edmunds Road
- There is reportedly a mudslide in the area.
Redding
- Route 53 at Diamond Hill Road
Ridgefield
- Route 7 between New Road and Route 102
Seymour
- Route 8 North exit 21 offramp
- Route 34 at Jefferson Street
- There is reportedly a mudslide in this area.
- Route 67 underneath Route 8 at exit 22
Southbury
- Kettletown Road (SR 487) between Route 67 and Kettletown State Park
- Route 67 between Old Waterbury Road and Community House Road
- There is reportedly a pole and tree down in the road.
- Route 67 from Route 172 to Main Street South
- Route 67 at Route 188
- Route 172 at Spruce Brook Road
Woodbury
- Route 6 at Woodbury Place
- Route 317 at Transylvania Road
Emergency officials remind you not to drive through flooded roadways.
There’s no estimate for when these roads will reopen.
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Woman killed in Friday head-on crash in Burlington
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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