2019-07-19 @ 5:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a pedestrian being hit by a car on Carnegie Avenue near Westfield Avenue. This news report is made possible by: [caption id="attachment_71997" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Visit: https://www.bridgeportpersonalinjury.com/[/caption]
2019-07-18 @ 9:06pm-- A pedestrian has been struck at the intersection of Parrot and Capital Avenue. No word on the pedestrian's condition or if the driver stopped. This news report is made possible by: [caption id="attachment_71997" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Visit: https://www.bridgeportpersonalinjury.com/[/caption]
The Bridgeport Firefighters IAFF Local 834 is pleased to welcome Matt Gregg, a retired Apple executive who is running across the country to bring further attention to the associated higher cancer rates in firefighters. Matt will be running through Bridgeport on Friday, July 19th, beginning at approximately 2:00 PM with the run ending at approximately 3:00 PM. He will be greeted by several local dignitaries at this time at Bridgeport Fire Headquarters, 30 Congress St., Bridgeport, Ct 06604 His tentative route into Bridgeport will begin north from Fairfield on Fairfield Avenue to State Street, to Water Street to Fire Headquarters. Please consider supporting Matt by joining him in this run or donate to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network. To read…
Fairfield Police UPDATE: On 07/17/2019 at approximately 5:16pm Fairfield Emergency Communications received a report of a large tree limb landing on a vehicle injuring the driver in front of 3595 Park Avenue, Fairfield. Officers responded to find Jarrod Marotto, DOB 08/26/1997 of Southington, unconscious in the driver seat. Jarrod was transported to St. Vincent’s Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by hospital staff. Further investigation revealed that Jarrod was driving southbound on Park Avenue when a large limb from a Cottonwood tree was struck by lightning and fell striking the vehicle and Jarrod on the driver side. Jarrod was the only occupant in the vehicle. This case is currently under investigation by the Fairfield…
2019-07-17 @ 11:55pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Multiple witness told me that the white Audi was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed into the red Hyundai on Fairfield Avenue near Clinton Avenue. One witness showed me video on his phone of the suspect fleeing the scene. Police caught up with him and arrested him. Two people had to be extricated from the vehicle by the fire department. It took almost a half hour to get them out of the vehicle. EMS transported them to the hospital.
2019-07-17 @ 12:44am--#Bridgeport CT-- A Westfield Avenue man called police to report that his bodyguard pulled a gun on him. His body guard was last seen driving his gold Lexus down Main Street. This news report is made possible by:
2019-07-16 @ 11:29pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Don't go to sleep yet Bridgeport! An odor of gas reported in the 200 block of Pacific Street. Here come a bunch of fire trucks to wake you! This news report is made possible by our safe heating sponsor:
2019-07-16 @ 10:08pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Two males jumped out of a moving car at Catherine and George Street and grabbed a woman's purse that had over $1,200 in it. This news report is made possible by:
2019-07-16 @ 9:46pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A carjacking just occurred in the 100 block of Hollister Avenue. Taken was a 4-door black Cadillac at gunpoint by two males, both armed. This news report is made possible by:
11:42pm-- A car traveling at a high rate of speed on the East Side hit a car, a parked truck and totaled a trike with no one on board. The car then hit a linked fence then flipped over into a yard at the intersection of Arctic and William Street. First responders said there were three inside the vehicle but they were able to get themselves out and transported to the hospital. Police are investigating.
