Connecticut
State police cruiser struck while stopping wrong way driver on I-95
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MADISON, Conn. (WFSB) – A man from Exeter, R.I. is facing charges after driving on I-95 in the wrong direction.
Public safety dispatchers received multiple calls around 3:42 a.m. Monday morning after a pick-up truck was seen traveling the wrong way in Madison on I-95.
A responding state trooper encountered a vehicle matching the description and they attempted to stop the vehicle near exit 60.
Prior to coming to a full stop, the wrong-way vehicle struck the state police vehicle at a slow speed, causing minor damage to the cruiser.
Officials say the trooper was uninjured in the collision.
The operator of the vehicle was subsequently identified as Paul Usenia, 82-years-old of Exeter, R.I.
Usenia declined medical attention and refused to participate in standardized field sobriety testing.
As a result of a state police investigation, Usenia was taken into custody and transported to Troop F in Westbrook.
He faces charges for operating under the influence, failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, and driving the wrong way on a divided highway.
Following arrest processing, Usenia was released on a $500.00 non-Surety bond and is scheduled for arraignment at New Haven Superior Court, on July 7th, 2023.
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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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