Connecticut
Police say drivers passing bus stop signs continues to be a hazard on the road
Police are reminding Connecticut drivers that you should be treating the stop sign you see on the school bus the same way you treat a stop sign in your neighborhood.
We spoke to people in North Haven who say it scares them to see more and more reports of drivers running through school buses’ stop signs.
“If that was your child, you wouldn’t want that happening,” Toni Martone, a North Haven parent, said. “I hope that they understand that it’s a little kid, and if you hit someone, you have to deal with the law.”
“I saw two times this week that they go right by the school buses,” Nick Grillo, of North Haven, said. “They don’t stop, they just keep going like it’s a racetrack.”
Connecticut law says it’s a $475 fine for your first offense of passing a bus, and repeat violations could result in arrest.
The North Haven Police Department shared a reminder on Thursday, but it’s a problem all throughout the state.
The Norwalk Police Department posted a reminder, too, as well as a video, where you can see a car blow through a bus stop sign.
The Waterbury Police Department said they’ve issued 97 infractions since the start of this school year, where people have illegally passed a bus.
In Bridgeport, over 10,000 citations have been issued for school bus passing from the start of this school year until February.
“I think the majority is inattentive driving, and everybody seems like they’re always in a rush. People are speeding. They’re not realizing it. They’re not paying attention what’s going on in front of them,” Lt. Joel Lenda, of Groton Town Police Department, said.
In Groton, Lenda said parents and bus drivers alike make reports in waves throughout the school year.
He said if police have the license plate, which school bus cameras help with, they can track down the driver in question.
A common error Lenda said he sees drivers make is not thinking the stop sign applies to them in a multiple lane road.
“Your typical two-lane, four-lane road with a double yellow down the middle, everybody in every direction is required to stop,” Lenda said.
A 2024 law allowed school buses to install cameras, with police retroactively able to review the footage. North Haven said they’re exploring automated enforcement.
The North Haven Police Department is continuing to investigate after a male was shot while riding a moped on Sunday night.
According to police, a 20-year-old male was shot in the area of Whitney Avenue near the Hamden town line.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
No other information has been released.
Police are continuing to investigate, and say that there will be a heavy police presence in the area of Whitney Avenue and Skiff Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Haven Police Department.
ENFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) – Police arrested a Connecticut man on Sunday morning after he allegedly stole bottles and cans from a Connecticut Children’s Hospital donation bin.
Officers received a call at around 8 a.m. for a report of a larceny from a “Cans For Kids” donation bin at located on Raffia Road, according to the police department.
Police said they used used local surveillance cameras and municipal license plate readers to identify a vehicle and suspect.
Officials identified the individual as Joshua Wilcox of Broad Brook
With the help of Wethersfield police officers, Wilcox was found and detained. Enfield police arrested Wilcox and charged him with sixth-degree larceny and first-degree criminal trespass.
It was also revealed that this is the second incident involving Wilcox at the same location, police said.
No further details were released.
Eyewitness News will provide more details as soon as they become available.
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Smith is referring to what would be the second proton therapy cancer treatment center between New York City and Boston, after the Connecticut Proton center in Wallingford, which is scheduled to open later this year.
Proton therapy is considered advanced radiation treatment because it uses the positively charged particles to “target cancer with exceptional precision,” reducing damage to nearby healthy tissue.
The expanded building plans for Danbury Proton are the latest development in a prolonged effort to serve western Connecticut and nearby New York residents with the novel cancer treatment.
The project, which was set to break ground on a 3-acre site overlooking Danbury Municipal Airport this spring, is “very busy marketing and selling the bonds,” a spokesman said.
“We’re ready to break ground as soon as we close on the bonds,” said Drew Crandall on Friday. “We are in conversation with investors every day and we are making good progress.”
In March, Danbury’s City Council agreed to use its bonding power to help Danbury Proton get low-cost financing under a “conduit issuer” agreement. Around the same time, the city’s Planning Commission extended approvals for the project, which were scheduled to expire in July.
All that means that Danbury Proton expects to open its 17,000-square-foot facility at 85 Wooster Heights Road in late 2027 or early 2028.
“The day is coming when we will be treating patients with revolutionary proton therapy cancer treatment,” Crandall said in a newsletter to supporters last week. “Countless patients and their families will benefit from proton therapy.”
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