Bridgeport News: Police Investigate Machete Attack
2022-07-31@11:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating a machete attack at Clifford/Newfield Avenue. The person received non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital.
Bridgeport News: Water Rescue
2022-07-31@ 10:47 am the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a preliminary report of an overturned canoe and two parties in the water near the Pleasure Beach Bridge. The Bridgeport Police and Fire Marine Units were dispatched and upon arrival reported two male parties holding onto the pilings of the old Pleasure Beach Bridge. Those assisted reported their canoe was overturned by the wake of a passing power vessel while they were fishing. Both parties were taken back to the dock safely by the marine units. Superficial injuries were reported with no medical attention requested.
Bridgeport News: Today’s Vehicle Fire
2022-07-31@4:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #ctfire-- Today's vehicle fire was in the 1600 block of Stratford Avenue (near Read Street) where a food truck caught fire and extended to the home. 4 adults and 3 children need to be relocated by the Red Cross. They were NOT using the food truck at the time so the fire marshal was called in to investigate the cause of the fire. There were no reported injuries. https://youtu.be/DwQVEgNtMgI
Bridgeport News: Woman Punches Window
2022-07-30@12:14pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A woman in the 50 block of Wood Avenue (near Park Avenue) punches a window causing a laceration on her arm right to the bone. Initially thought to be an assault with a dangerous weapon or a robbery but it was just a bad choice in venting her temper.
I-95 Crash
2022-07-29@7:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A three-car crash at I-95 northbound. Take one guess where......
Bridgeport News: Car and Motorcycle Collide
2022-07-29@7:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a car and motorcycle colliding at East Main and East Washington Avenue. No other updates available. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Carjacking
2022-07-28@10:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- EMS on the way to the 4000 block of Main Street where a car was taken by gunpoint by two persons on dirtbikes fleeing on the highway towards Chopsey Hill Road. The driver of the car was injured which is how we find out about these types of calls. Bridgeport use to tell us they would keep the press alert on Twitter but they haven't made a post on that since July 1 and they use to give calls of significance but that too has fallen to the wayside because they don't have a press person for the police department but the mayor has THREE. Nothing to see here in Ganimville. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Teammate Assaulted At Game
2022-07-28@6:47pm--#Bridgeport CT-- EMS and police are on the way to a ballgame on Assylum Street for a ballplayer allegedly attacked by a teammate according to radio reports. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Electrical Fire At St. V’s
2022-07-28@11:21am--#Bridgeport CT-- #ctfire-- Firefighters were called to St. Vincent's Hospital aka Hartford Healthcare for an electrical fire in the first floor electrical room on the Hawley Avenue side. The fire was out on the firefighter's arrival.
Bridgeport News: 2 Died In Route 8/25 Crash
2022-07-24@8:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic--A van driven by Wilber Martinez was traveling in the wrong direction on Route 8 and struck an Acura driven by Monica Wilson, 41 of Westport head-on. Wilson died from her injuries, just two days shy of her birthday. Two other vehicles were involved in the crash. Ananias Castillo-Icabalzeta of Bridgeport was a passenger in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. The other passengers in the vehicle sustained non-life threatening injuries according to the state police reports. A male in the van was reported to have a weak pulse when extricated from the van according to radio reports. He remains in critical condition at Saint Vincent's Medical Center. Route 8 south was closed for over…