Berlin Man Killed In Wrong-Way I-84 Crash In Plainville
A man died after he drove his car the wrong way and slammed into an oncoming car on a busy Connecticut roadway, state police said.
It happened on a stretch of I-84 in Hartford County at around 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, in Plainville.
Hartford County resident Walter Turner, age 43, of Berlin, died after his 2006 Ford Focus hit a 2021 Toyota Rav4 LE driven by New Haven County resident Vanessa Gonzalez, age 27, of Waterbury, which was traveling westbound head-on, according to Connecticut State Police.
Turner was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gonzalez was taken to New Britain Ho…
Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From CT Big Y Parking Lot
A Connecticut man and a teen have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping, carjacking, and brutal beating of a woman from a supermarket parking lot last year.
On Tuesday, March 1, state police arrested Kenneth Gordon, age 20, of Hartford, and a 16-year-old boy following a five-month investigation into the events which took place at the Big Y parking lot in Marlborough on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2021.
At the time of the crime, police said the 64-year-old woman was getting into her car with groceries when she was approached by two masked men who demanded money.
When she resisted, the two, a…
Woman Killed, Toddlers Hospitalized After Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash, CT State Police Say
A woman was killed and two young children were hospitalized after a single-vehicle rollover crash in Connecticut.
It happened just before 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 in Hartford County, in Berlin.
A Chrysler Town & Country LX was traveling on Route 9 southbound, just south of Exit 23, in the left lane of two, Connecticut State Police said.
For an unknown reason, the driver lost control of her vehicle, said police.
The vehicle then traveled to the left and struck the metal beam guide rail located on the median, according to police.
It continued along the g…
