UPDATE: The highway is shutdown in both directions. Two children are also injured in the crash. 2021-04-02@8:35pm--#Trumbull CT-- #cttraffic-- A rollover accident with injuries on the Merritt Parkway northbound near exit 47. A second ambulance has been requested to the scene. Photo sent in from viewer Jack:
#Norwalk CT--On Tuesday March 30, 2021, Norwalk Police Department Special Services Division, in cooperation withBridgeport Police Department Tactical Narcotics Team arrested Sylvester Edward, aka GUMZY.On April 1, 2020, Edward engaged Norwalk Police Officers in a pursuit, which was broken off for safetyconcerns. A warrant was sought for his arrest, and granted with a bond of $100,000. Edward has eludedpolice until now.On March 30, 2021, a joint operation led Officers to Edward. Edward was taken into custody. At thetime of his arrest Edward was found to be in possession of fifty eight bags of pure fentanyl, several bagsof crack cocaine, and marijuana. Norwalk Police Department Special Service Investigators, along withBridgeport Police Department, immediately sought and executed a search and seizure warrant…
2021-04-02@2:45pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his car into two parked cars in the 150 block of Dewey Street. The driver declined medical treatment.
(Westport, CT) – The Connecticut Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office is launching U Drive. U Text. U Pay., a national high-visibility enforcement campaign for National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April. In partnership with State and local law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the campaign will step up enforcement efforts to enforce distracted-driving laws between April 1 to April 30, 2021. Distracted driving is an activity that diverts attention from driving. Not surprisingly, texting while driving is one of the most dangerous distractions. Sending or reading a text takes one’s eyes off the road for 5 seconds and at 55 m.p.h., that is like driving the entire length of a football…
2021-04-01@10:03pm--#Fairfield CT-- Report of someone checking door handles on Knapps Highway. This news report is made possible by:
2021-04-01@7:00pm-- Firefighters on scene for a crash with entrapment at Pembroke and Boston Avenue. Firefighters reporting a minimum of 5 patients. This news report is made possible by:
2021-04-01@6:27pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A car allegedly loses control and hits a garage at Granfield and Palisades Avenue.
2021-04-01@1:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A child on a bicycle was struck by a car on Seaview Avenue near Williston Street. No word on the extent of the injuries. The driver did stop and was cooperating with police.
2021-04-01@1:09pm-- #Fairfield CT-- #cttraffic-- A truck lost a tire on I-95 northbound and lost a tire that struck and damage a gas pump at the rest area.
#HARTFORD, CT\ #Hartford CT – Governor Ned Lamont announced that he has received the final report from the independent consulting group that was selected to provide his administration and the members of the Connecticut General Assembly with an extensive analysis of opportunities to improve efficiency within state government and maintain continuity of critical services in light of an anticipated wave of retirements among state employees by July 2022. The Cliff Retirements Adding Efficiency, Accountability, and Technology to Economize State Government (CREATES) report was produced by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The firm was selected through a competitive procurement process in response to the state legislature’s requirements in Public Act 18-81, which was adopted in 2018 and directed the prior administration to…
