Stratford

Heart Attack NO Drowning at Short Beach in Stratford

Just before noon time today a call came in for a person in the water near the concession stand at Stratford's Short Beach.  The result of that call was a heart attack.  We don't normally report on health related calls so we did not report on it.  Around the same time Bridgeport Fire's Marine Unit was DRILLING as we had reported for a drowning at Pleasure Beach.  I even posted how I wanted to go to the call but they did say it was a drill.   I just confirmed with Stratford Police that there was a person found in the water, it is under investigation but they cannot confirm a drowning.  There has been no other calls but other media…

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Stratford News: Shots Fired

12:35am--#Stratford CT-- Reports of 6 shots fired on Columbus Street.  A gold colored car was seen speeding off towards Honeyspot Road. Informes de seis disparos en la Columbus Street. Un coche fue visto a gran velocidad hacia Honeyspot Rd. Relatos de seis tiros disparados na Columbus Street. Um carro dourado foi visto em alta velocidade em direção a Honeyspot Road.

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Stratford News: Truck Damages Cars, Home

11:26am--#Stratford CT--Report of a truck hitting parked cars and a house at 3010 Huntington Road. UPDATE: It is a tree truck that rolled into a garage causing heavy damage to the garage.  Building inspector called to the scene.  No injuries reported. Facebook is hold out on you! Get ALL our news on our Facebook wall or log in to DoingItLocal.com. We are smartphone friendly!

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Merritt Parkway Is Closed At Exit 52

#cttraffic--#Stratford CT--A crash has the Merritt Parkway northbound closed near exit 52.  Fortunately all were belted in, one person is in and out of consciousness after hitting their head.   It sounds like the Merritt is closed in both direction since they are sending ambulances down the wrong way direction of the highway to get them to the scene.

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Stratford News: Babysitter Not Returning Baby

6:16pm--#Stratford CT--Another unusual call, this time in Stratford where a woman is telling police that she dropped off her baby at the babysitter this morning.  She doesn't remember the address but the babysitter is not returning the baby now......There have been no updates and no missing child calls since the broadcast. The unusual calls are ramping up today.  Statistics don't support any unusual increase in call on a full moon.  I've been saying this for two years now it is the days leading up to the full moon NOT the full moon.  We shall see....

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