Bridgeport News: 1 Truck, 2 Car Crash
11:40am--#Bridgeport CT-- Watch out for the one truck two car crash at Main and Frank Street. First responders are on the way. This news report is made possible by:
11:40am--#Bridgeport CT-- Watch out for the one truck two car crash at Main and Frank Street. First responders are on the way. This news report is made possible by:
11:40pm--#Fairfield CT-- Police are investigating a one car crash that cracked a utility pole on Jennings Road near Stonybrook Road. No word on any injuries, air bags were deployed.
9:56pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A woman called police that she was assaulted with an ice cream cone in front of 985 Fairfield Avenue. I believe this is the first of this type call since we started reporting! This news report HAS be sponsored by:
6:57pm--#Fairfield CT-- Police are investigating a crash on Grasmere Avenue where a black pick up truck struck a traffic sign near Meadowbrook Road, continued to hit a parked car and then into the fencing of Pumpkin Pre School. Firefighters helped extricate the driver who was then transported to the hospital.
6:06pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police pull over a stolen gray Buick on Union Avenue near Williston Street. The driver has been arrested. This news report is made possible by:
5:55pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A person shot in the thigh just showed up at St. Vincent's Hospital driven in by his girlfriend. No work on where in town he was shot. This news report is made possible by:
May 21 through the 27 is National EMS Week. To start National EMS Week 2017, Stratford EMS will be opening it’s doors and inviting the public in for an Open House on May 21 between 11:00am and 4:00pm. Join us for a fun filled morning for all ages to learn more about Stratford EMS and our volunteers. There will be refreshments, giveaways and many different informational booths. Meet and take pictures with Star Wars and Ghostbusters characters! Bring your teens to apply for our explorer post. Bring your kids for kid friendly activities, ambulance tours and giveaways. We will have membership applications available. Overflow parking will be available at Town Hall (2725 Main Street). We hope to see you there! Applications for new volunteer membership will be available!…
5:30pm--#Milford CT-- Firefighters on scene on Sparrow Bush Lane where workers drilled a screw into a electrical conduit sparking an electrical fire. This news report is made possible by:
9:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was shot at Wentfield Park on the Norman Street side near Wallace Court. I don't know the extent of his injuries but it did not appear to interfere with his social media updates!
#Fairfield CT--Yesterday the ribbon was cut at the Captain Joseph S. Elias Fire Training Center and Fairfield Regional Fire School located at 205 Richard White Way (formely One Rod Highway), in Fairfield. The facility was named after Fire Captain Joseph S. Elias who founded formal training for firefighters in the area. Prior to that firefighter training was limited to on the job training. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Bisson who headed the former facility and now this one is a fourth generation firefighter. He told of a story of battling a mill fire in his fourth “veteran” year as a firefighter. The fire chief he was battling the fire with told him and the other men he didn't like to looks…