Automobile Accidents

• Fatal Car Crash, I-84W in West Hartford Claims Life

  James Sabatini | May 30, 2006 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Over the weekend, a fatal car crash on Interstate 84 in the Town of West Hartford has taken one life and injured another. The driver of a car lost control around a curve, sailed over the grassy median and crashed into an oncoming car. According to the Hartford Courant:The eastbound traveling car flew over the median and crashed into a westbound car. The crash set off a four car collision...

• Fatal Car Accident - I91 Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An accident on the northbound side of I-91 near Exit 24 has left at least one person dead, state police said.Traffic has backed up on both sides of the highway. A flipped-over vehicle lies roof-down in the middle of the highway median, witnesses said.Due to the death, the state has sent its accident reconstruction team to investigate how the car accident happened. The State of Connecticut...

• Fatal Connecticut Truck Accident Shuts Down I-95

  James Sabatini | November 04, 2007 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  On Friday morning, a tanker truck collided into oncoming traffic on Interstate 95 -- killing three people, seriously injuring three others and shutting down the highway for the rest of the day.Witnesses described seeing the tanker driving somewhat aggressively before barreling through the median into oncoming traffic. More than seven hours after the crash, the tanker remained on the highway,...

• Teen Drunk Driver Charged In Fatal Car Crash

  James Sabatini | August 08, 2007 7:47 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Police have charged 19-year-old Clinton resident Dennis Knapp with the death of a young Madison woman who was killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning. Knapp, 19, of North High St., is charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the manslaughter charge. The police have not disclosed, and it is unknown if the...

• 18 Year-Old Driver Involved in Fatal One-Car Accident Charged with Negligent Homicide

  Margaret Embry | August 06, 2009 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  On April 30th in Wallingford, an eighteen-year-old male was involved in a one-car accident that killed one seventeen-year-old high school student who was riding in the front seat and injured another...

• Avoiding Car Accidents In Bad Winter Weather

  James Sabatini | December 17, 2007 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Bad winter weather is all too common for drivers in Connecticut and throughout the Northeast. Obviously, the best safety tip in avoiding a car accident in bad winter weather is to stay off the roads. But, this is not always a viable option. Many of us need to get to work or reach an important destination such as a pharmacy or hospital, so if you are out driving in winter weather keep these...

• Connecticut Proposing Tougher Laws On Teen Drivers

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2008 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Connecticut legislature is considering tougher penalties on teen drivers that violate the law. The proposed bill aims to place tougher penalties on teen drivers who break the law. Under the bill, if a teen driver is convicted of driving while under the influence of liquor, they would lose their license until they are 21 years old. In addition, if a teen driver gets a speeding ticket, there...

• Truck Driver Arrested In School Bus Accident

  James Sabatini | February 12, 2008 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  The driver of a Poland Spring delivery truck that collided with a school bus Monday afternoon was criminally charged this morning with speeding and running a red light. Accoprding to police, Christopher Speedling, 24, was going 42 mph in a 30mph zone. Witnesses also told police that he ran a red light before the crash. He is charged with failure to obey a traffic signal and traveling at an...

• Waterbury Drunk Driving Accident Lawyers

  James Sabatini | February 05, 2008 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  If you have been injured by a drunk driver, it is vital that you contact a Connecticut drunk driving accident lawyer as soon as possible. Why? - because not only is the drunk driver liable for your injuries and losses, but the establishment that served the alcohol to the drunk driver. You have 120 days to put the dram shop on written notice of your intention of filing a claim against it. If...

• Newington - Police Arrest Driver in Fatal Accident

  James Sabatini | March 21, 2007 11:43 AM | 3 CommentsHartford, CT

  Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges that he was criminally negligent when the Ford Expedition he was driving slammed into a motorcyclist last year in a deadly accident near the Berlin Turnpike. Meriden resident Timothy Stevens had been involved in two minor car accidents minutes before the Oct. 3 crash that killed 42-year-old James Delude, police said.The first happened in the...