Bridgeport News: Possible Fatal Crash

Bridgeport Police Update:  At 11:24 pm, Bridgeport Police were dispatched to 320 Dewey Street for a one car collision versus a utility pole. The twenty-six-year male operator was driving a 2002 Honda Accord north on Dewey Street when he veered right into a United Illuminating pole snapping the pole in half where a transformer fell into a nearby commercial lot. He was transported to Saint Vincent's Hospital. A forty-three-year female was transported to Bridgeport Hospital and reported in stable condition. Rear seat passenger, sixty-one-year-old male, transported to Saint Vincent's Hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 02:41. He suffered severe head trauma and traumatic cardiac arrest. The collision occurred across from Mountain Grove Cemetery.  It appears the driver of the…

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Getting Buried in Fairfield

#Fairfield CT--"Getting Buried in Fairfield,” a 10-mile bike tour exploring six historic local cemeteries and changing burial practices since the town’s founding in 1639, is set for Saturday, October 21. The guided bicycle excursion, departs from the Fairfield Museum (370 Beach Road) at 9:30 a.m. and is open to the first 30 cyclists who register at: Fall2017biketour.eventbrite.com. It is sponsored by the Fairfield Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee and the Fairfield Museum and History Center.   The cycling tour is priced at $5 for Fairfield Museum members and $8 for non-members. Participants will assemble in front of the Museum by 9:15 a.m. for orientation and depart promptly at 9:30 a.m., returning along one of Fairfield’s designated bike routes by noon. The rain date is Sunday, October 22 at the same time.…

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Bridgeport News: Bridge Work Falls Into Waterway

9:14am--#Bridgeport CT-- A bridge construction worker fell from the Arctic Street bridge.  The assistant fire chief told me it took firefighters just 12 minutes from the time of arrival to bring the man up from the waterway.   He fell from metal catwalk about five to six feet onto rocks, concrete, and the waterway.  The man did not have any visible injuries but he was grimacing in pain so he may have internal injuries and was transported to the hospital.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was nearby at an incident at Bridgeport Hospital where a man fell through the hospital's roof.  OSHA was on the scene within thirty minutes.  

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