Merritt Crash!

Stratford Police Update: On Saturday 11/25/2017 at around 3:48 P.M. Stratford police and K-9 units along with other agencies' assisted State Troopers in trying to apprehend suspects who were operating a stolen vehicle and fled the scene of a crash that took place on the Merritt parkway.  The suspects then stole another vehicle in Stratford, subsequently crashed and fled again on foot.  A search of the area was negative for the suspects. The Stratford Police are currently investigating and following all leads.  There is no further information at this time.   4:11pm--#Stratford CT-- There was a five-car crash on the Merritt Parkway southbound near the near James Farm accident that had the highway shut down for a period of time.  The crash involved a state trooper.  Minor injuries…

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State Police Holiday Stats

The Connecticut State Police are supplementing the normal patrol force with additional State Troopers throughout this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The increased patrols began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/22/2017, and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday 11/26/2017. Troopers are patrolling the roads and highways across Connecticut focusing on drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers. These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/22/17 to 11/24/17 8:00 a.m. SPEEDING violations: 311 SEATBELT violations: 5 OTHER HAZARDOUS violations: 696 (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.) DUI arrests: 22 ACCIDENTS investigated: 235 w/injury: 33 fatality: 1 (11/22 Killingly) These 2016 State Police stats cover the time period starting…

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