Initial reports from the Connecticut State Police show that there was only one fatal highway accident in the state over the long holiday weekend.

Troopers patrolled all roads and highways across Connecticut, from midnight Tuesday, until midnight Sunday, targeting drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers. In addition, sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols were in place over the entire weekend.

The early statistics, through Friday, show that there were 448 speeding arrests which compares with 1,134 for the whole weekend last year; 138 seat belt arrests, as opposed to 170 last year; other hazardous moving violation arrests stood at 1,101,and last year was 1,134; Driving under the Influence arrests were 14, compared to 43 last year. In total there were 512 accidents this year, slightly down on the 562 last year, with 65 injuries and one fatality. Last year there were 92 injuries and one fatality.

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Seven people went to hospital following a two car crash at the intersection of Routes 6 and 22.

According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department the crash happened on Wednesday just before 1 p.m., in Southeast, near the border with the village of Brewster.

A Toyota sedan going eastbound on Route 6 tried to turn onto Route 22 and go northbound. The vehicle was then struck broadside by a Toyota minivan heading west on Route 6. The occupants of the sedan were a male driver, two female passengers and a 4 year old boy.

In the minivan were a female driver, a female passenger in a rear seat and a two and a half month old infant. According to the Sheriff’s Department the front seat female passenger in the sedan was critically injured and airlifted to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Ambulances transported the other six people to Danbury Hospital, where their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. The infant was ejected from her child-safety seat but not from the vehicle itself.

The crash is the second serious one in Southeast in less than a week as two people were killed on November 14 in a head on collision on Route 22.

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A woman involved in a car accident in Bridgeport causing injuries to her neck, back and leg was recently awarded $115,000 by a jury.

In January 2012, in the early evening, Cintya Sandi-Torres was driving her Toyota along John Street in Bridgeport. She was following a UPS truck that stopped to make a left turn onto Lafayette Boulevard.

She moved to the right in order to pass the truck when Rong Lou driving a Ford Edge sport utility vehicle, tried to turn onto Lafayette Boulevard from John Street. He collided with Sandi-Torres’ car at the intersection near the truck.

Sandi-Torres complained of neck, back and left leg pain and was transported by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital. She was treated for the pain and sent to a chiropractor who assessed her with a 15 percent permanent partial disability rating for her neck and a five percent rating for her back. Sandi-Torres still complains of lingering leg pain.

Her injuries affect her daily life with pain when doing household chores, such as cooking and cleaning and she is no longer able to manage a long haul flight home to Costa Rica.

The trial lasted for two days in September, and following a two hour deliberation the jury awarded her $119,245.

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A hit and run incident in Stamford on Friday evening, left two people dead and another two seriously injured.

According to Police the accident happened at 8.30 p.m. on West Main Street near the Greenwich border when a Nissan Altima, which had been driving south on Alvord Lane, ran a red light and smashed into a BMW station wagon head on.

The driver of the Nissan fled on foot in the direction of the Greenwich border and the passenger, 50 year old Henry Nixon of Ursula Place was thrown from the car and was taken to Stamford hospital where he died soon after.

The BMW was being driven by Greenwich resident Anthony Andriulli, aged 73, and he suffered serious injuries including multiple fractures. Both he and his wife, 70 year old Judith Andriulli were taken to Stamford hospital where she died on Saturday morning. The vehicle was so badly damaged that both had to be cut free from the vehicle by the fire department.

The driver is currently being sought by police and is said to be a black female wearing blue jeans and a gray sweatshirt.

If you have been injured a serious hit and run accident in Danbury, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Call the accident attorneys at Danbury accident attorneys – Hastings, Cohan & Walsh, LLP  now for an immediate consultation. 58 Post Road Danbury, CT 06810    (888) 244-5480.

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A woman has died after being struck by an Amtrak train on the New Haven line Monday afternoon.

According to Metro North officials, Amtrak train #93, which was a Northeast Regional train from Boston to Richmond Virginia, hit a woman who was trespassing on the tracks just west of Milford train station at around 12.20 p.m.

Amtrak officials said that there were 337 passengers on board the train and that there were no injuries to any of the passengers or crew. The woman, as yet unnamed was killed.

Following the accident all Amtrak trains were re-routed around the accident scene.

A Metro-North spokesperson went on to say that the New Haven line service between Bridgeport and New Haven would continue to be delayed while police continue their investigation.

Both Metro-North and Amtrak resumed normal service as soon as the police investigation at the scene was completed.

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A 35 year old woman from Bridgeport, Connecticut, suffered head trauma and a fractured hip on Tuesday in a two-vehicle accident.

According to State Police, Marie D. Rene was traveling on the ramp from Interstate 684 northbound to Interstate 84 eastbound. She lost control of her sport utility vehicle, a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe, near the end of the ramp, causing her vehicle to leave the ramp and enter the grass divider which separates the entry ramp from the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84. She then hit a ditch, became airborne and landed on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 where she collided with a 2006 Chevrolet pick-up truck. The Chevrolet spun onto the south shoulder of the highway and then left the roadway. Rene’s vehicle then crossed the eastbound lanes, entered the center median of the highway and rolled over. Rene was not wearing a seat belt and so was ejected from the vehicle and onto the center median.

The driver of the pickup was uninjured and Rene was transported by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition late Tuesday night.

Police said that I 84 was closed for part of the afternoon to allow the helicopter to land and to carry out the investigation.

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Last Saturday, a single vehicle accident caused a power outage lasting more than three hours in the Botsford area.

According to police, Katherine Threlfall, aged 18, of Middlebury was driving a 2000 Toyota 4-Runner SUV southward on Toddy Hill Road, at about 2 a.m., when she lost control rounding a curve, hit an embankment, flew through the air and struck a utility pole.

The utility pole was on the west side of Toddy Hill Road, across the street from Masonicare Health Center, which is a nursing home and assisted living facility.

The heavily damaged SUV came to rest on its roof and the utility pole broke, with the lines falling onto the ground.  Connecticut Light and Power Company spokesman said their crews responded quickly to restore power and that the outage lasted around 3 hours.

Botsford Fire Rescue attended the scene and Threlfall was assessed for injuries by Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

After investigating, police charged Threlfall with driving under the influence by an underage person, possession of alcohol by an underage person, and making a restricted turn.

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Police and railroad authorities have confirmed that an Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian on the tracks Saturday evening at a station in Fairfield.

According to Craig Schulz, an Amtrak spokesman, the train, which began its journey in Newport News, Va. and was bound for Boston, had 185 passengers and crew aboard when the accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. No passengers on the train were reported injured.

Police in Fairfield said that the pedestrian was a white male in his 50s. Amtrak and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which was leading the investigation, did not release the identity of the victim nor did they release details of the circumstances surrounding the incident late Saturday.

Schulz said that the train was delayed for two-and-a-half hours for the investigation, but it then continued its journey to Boston.

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