Bridgeport News: Highway Crash!
Report of a 2 car motor vehicle accident on I-95 near Exit 27 Southbound.
Report of a 2 car motor vehicle accident on I-95 near Exit 27 Southbound.
2024-06-06@12:17pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A viewer sent in this picture of a crash at Fairfield Avenue and Howard Avenue. They said the "Nissan was allegedly hit by a minivan and swerved into the black parked car. A baby was taken by ambulance bleeding from her mouth."
State Funds Expected To Unlock a Federal Matching Grant That Will Be Used To Install Pumps and Divert Groundwater to the Connecticut River (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, who serves as chairman of the State Bond Commission, today announced that he has scheduled the commission to vote at an upcoming meeting on the approval of an allocation of $187,500 in state funding that will be used to install pumps at Jobs Pond in Portland to address an ongoing situation in which rising groundwater has been causing flooding in nearby neighborhoods. The pumps will be used to divert groundwater from the pond to the Connecticut River. The governor explained that the approval of these state funds is expected to unlock…
On June 4, 2024, members of the Norwalk Police Special Services Division, in collaboration with the Stamford Police Narcotics/Organized Crime Unit, arrested Hunter Wells after an extensive eight-month investigation. Investigators executed search and seizure warrants on Wells, his vehicle, and his person. Throughout the investigation, Wells sold Percocet pills containing fentanyl, ecstasy, and marijuana to undercover officers on numerous occasions. The investigation remains ongoing. Hunter Wells, aged 31, of Norwalk, CT, faces charges for two counts of the sale of a narcotic substance and three counts of the sale of cannabis. His bond is set at $140,000.
Report of a motor vehicle accident southbound on I-95 around exit 30.
Overnight a truck went off the embankment at I-95 Southbound around exit 20. Traffic is STILL backed up all the way through Milford at this time.
Bridgeport Fire Department responded to a school bus fire at Jones Avenue and Oak Street. Everyone was off the bus when units responded. Additional crews were requested due to exposure issues. The fire was declared under control in 30 minutes and is under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office. The building next to the bus was also affected, and is also out at this time. https://youtu.be/gz0atX2GPOk
2024-06-03@11:43pm--#Westport CT-- Firefighters on the scene of a fully engulfed gazebo fire on Burnham Hill. The gazebo was over ten feet from the home.
2024-06-03@4:39pm--#Milford CT-- Milford Firefighters rescue a paddle boater in distress in Long Island Sound near Gulf Street.
2024-06-03@1:39pm--#Bridgeport CT--The Red Cross is assisting the needs of a family in the 600 block of Brooks Street after a bedroom fire. Firefighters kept the fire to the bedroom.