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.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Park Police chase ends with a moped rider getting hit and killed on the Taft Bridge in Northwest D.C.
7News’ Washington, D.C. reporter, Phylicia Ashley, went to the scene moments after it happened Saturday evening and spoke to multiple witnesses.
Ximen DeFillippes was riding her bike near Woodley Road when she saw the chase.
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“The Park Police passed me. We were on Woodley Road. And then I saw the car they were pursuing,” said DeFillippes. “It was going very fast on the sidewalk. It drove up on the sidewalk up Woodley Road.”
DeFilippes was on one side of the Taft Bridge.
“I’d never seen anything that crazy,” said DeFillippes. “It was, it was like really like homicidal. It was just insane. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
7News also saw the aftermath of the chase and found Lamont Penry on the other side of the bridge. He also saw the chase. It ended on the steps of the Chinese Embassy staff housing.
“The car crashed into the diplomatic car,” Penry said. “A young man jumps out, takes off running down the street. The other three guys came out kind of dizzy. They apprehended one who was on the bench. One was at the rear. Tire of the vehicle, looked to be a Camry, and the other was on the other side of the diplomatic car.”
In the middle of the bridge, 7News saw the victim’s body covered by a white sheet. Witnesses said that when the chase reached the Taft Bridge, one of the vehicles involved struck someone riding a scooter.
“Once the gentleman on the bridge was hit. We realized that no one stopped,” said Penry. “Police continued the pursuit until here, and then they turned around.”
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Penry said all the alleged suspects involved looked young. While on scene, 7News saw one person get arrested and placed in an ambulance.
DeFilippes was riding her bike when she said two cars blocked her from getting caught in the midst of the chase.
“I’m feeling lucky that for those few seconds of my path being kind of blocked,” said DeFillippes. “I’m just so glad that happened. Or else I would have been right there. I’m not at all surprised that someone was hurt. Just. Just from the way everything was unfolding, I could just tell it was going to be bad.
Marina Mabrey torched her former team for 37 points as the Toronto Tempo came back from 14 down to beat the Connecticut Sun, 101-97, at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Former UConn women’s basketball star Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 13 points and three rebounds while Aaliyah Edwards had six points and two rebounds for the Sun. Kia Nurse did not score in just five minutes for the Tempo.
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WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) – A tractor trailer’s diesel fuel saddle tank ruptured on I-91 north between exits 25 and 27, state police said.
Approximately 25 to 30 gallons of fuel was released to the road surface, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. No ground soil or waterways were involved, DEEP said.
The two right lanes were closed, according to the state Department of Transportation.
No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported, state police said.
Wethersfield Fire Department solidified the diesel fuel on the ground surface with Speedy Dry, DEEP said. An environmental cleanup contractor was en route for cleanup.
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