Connecticut
Report: Higher speeds a major factor in accidents across state, police cracking down
BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Connecticut State Police Speed Safety program is continuing to target aggressive and dangerous drivers.
The program, announced in February, was aimed at reducing the number of fatalities on state roads. News 8 Investigative Reporter, Jeff Derderian rode along with State Police and got an update on the program.
From February until now, News 8 has learned State Police have done nearly 43,000 traffic stops and just over 19,000 citations were issued. According to police, about 22,000 warnings were issued.
The idea was to target trouble areas on the highways, city streets and rural roads.
According to data by the UConn Transportation Safety Research Center, there have been 172 traffic-related deaths this year. In 2023, there were 311; 366 in 2022 and 302 in 2021.
Their figures also show that the recorded speeds at point of impact for accidents is much higher than normal, suggesting speed is playing a big factor in accidents.
Connecticut State Police Lt. Alex Cintron says he routinely sees cars traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph. Cintron says it’s not just sports cars either. He said it’s more basic-type cars that still can reach dangerous speeds. In addition, distracted driving continues to be a major issue for State Police.
“When you take your eyes off the road or you take your hands off the wheel or if you distract yourself with whatever you’re doing, you lose valuable response time,” Cintron said.
A Department of Transportation grant added 50 new laser speed guns have been deployed across the state. The devices are capable of recording speed, taking pictures of a vehicle, and also record a short video. Cintron says officers are patrolling in marked and unmarked cars.
Police are investigating after finding human remains at a construction site in Greenwich last week.
The police department said that during a normal workday at a construction site in northern Greenwich, workers found what appeared to be human remains after soil was disturbed by an excavator.
The remains were carefully collected from the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner took custody of the bones, police said.
Investigators said the remains appear to be of a considerable age.
Connecticut State Police is also assisting with the investigation.
A motorcyclist in Hebron has died after a crash along Burnt Hill Road and Cone Road, state police said.
The Connecticut State Police responded to the accident at approximately 5:25 p.m. after a dirt bike struck a rocky embankment.
According to authorities, the operator of the motorcycle failed to negotiate an “S” shaped curves in the roadway before loosing control.
The victim was originally transported via LifeStar to the hospital with reported serious injuries, authorities said.
The driver was then later pronounced dead at Marlborough Middlesex Clinic, state police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed this accident, or who may have information is asked to contact the Connecticut State Police.
A driver was rescued from a crash in Wolcott early Saturday morning and serious injuries have been reported.
Officers received a report of an accident on Beach Road around 3 a.m. Once there, police said they found a vehicle had hit a tree.
An occupant of the home where the vehicle crashed pulled the driver out of the car before the car caught on fire, according to police.
The driver was transported to the hospital to be treated for very serious injuries.
No other occupants were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Naugatuck Valley Regional Collision Reconstruction Team.
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