Connecticut
Woman ID'ed Who Died After Being Pulled From Housatonic River
SEYMOUR, CT — A Fairfield woman has been identified as the person who died last week after being pulled from the Housatonic River in Seymour, according to authorities.
Alyssa Mackinnon was 30 and her last known address was in Fairfield, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said Sunday.
Authorities were alerted around 6:15 p.m. Thursday about a person in the river. The paddleboarder was found by boaters, brought to shore and taken to a hospital, where Mackinnon was later pronounced dead.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
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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