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Crews from 4 towns respond to brush fire in Vernon
VERNON, Conn. (WTNH) — Firefighters from four towns battled a brush fire on Monday in Vernon, according to the town of Vernon. Crews from Vernon, Bolton, Ellington and Tolland responded to the area, which is several acres south of I-84 and north of Reservoir Road in Vernon. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) […]
(UPDATE) Wethersfield Firefighter Killed In ATV Crash While Fighting Brush Fire In Berlin
Update: Authorities have identified the man killed battling the blaze as a 66-year-old retired Hartford firefighter. Click here for more information on him and the crash. Original: A Connecticut firefighter was killed in an ATV crash while fighting a brush fire in Hartford County on Tuesday, O…
Suspect turns himself in for fatal Avon crash
AVON, Conn. (WTNH) — A suspect turned himself in to police following an active arrest warrant in connection to a crash that killed a woman in mid-February. Timothy Preiser, 63, was charged with negligent Homicide with a Motor Vehicle, traveling unreasonably fast and failure to stay in the proper lane. According to police, On Feb. […]
Route 2 in Colchester closed due to car vs pedestrian crash
COLCHESTER, Conn. (WTNH) — Route 2 in Colchester is closed on Tuesday after a pedestrian vs. vehicle crash, according to the department of transportation (DOT). The road is closed on the westbound side between exits 16 and 15. State police said that a patient was transported to the hospital via Lifestar. This is a developing […]
Suspect arrested after eluding police in Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Hartford woman was arrested on an active warrant after driving an uninsured car and eluding a traffic stop in early September. Summer Forbes, 32, was charged with operating an unregistered motor vehicle, improper use of registration plates, illegal operation of a motor vehicle without minimum insurance, reckless driving, disobeying a […]
CT woman charged for fleeing traffic stop after learning vehicle would be towed
A woman was arrested last week and accused of fleeing a traffic stop off Interstate 84 in Hartford when a trooper told her he would have to tow her vehicle. Summer Forbes, 32, of Hartford was pulled over on Sept. 2 just before 10:30 p.m. when a trooper alleged that she veered to the left and nearly struck a concrete barrier on the I-84 East Exit 48 off-ramp, according to the arrest warrant ...
Berlin transfer station employee dies after being hit by a payloader
BERLIN, Conn. (WTNH) — A transfer station employee as pronounced dead at a hospital after being hit by a payloader Tuesday afternoon, according to Berlin police. The 66-year-old worker was hit at about 1 p.m. at the CWPM transfer station on Christian Lane in Berlin. Their name has not yet been publicly released. OSHA has […]
Employees at 5 vape shops in West Hartford arrested on drug, gun charges
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Employees at five different vape shops in West Hartford were arrested over the course of 10 months for possessing illegal amounts of drugs and firearms, according to police. Police said that they preformed searches of the following stores between December 2023 and October 2024: Through their search, officers seized 130 […]
Cameron Schollenberger, 19, Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Cameron Schollenberger, 19, of Lebanon, died at the scene of the crash at the intersection of Tenth Street/PA Route 72 South and Walnut Street/PA Rt 422 East at 9:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, the police detailed in an updated release. Cyreio Greene, from Byram, Missouri, was the driver of...
It’s official, Boston broke the temp record Monday
“We'll have one more unusually hot day, in the upper 70s.”. Boston broke its daily high temperature record on Monday, as summer-like temperatures settled on the city alongside the fall foliage. The National Weather Service said both Boston and Hartford set new records for Oct. 21 by reaching 83 and...
VIDEO: Porch pirate bear steals pumpkin from West Hartford home
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A West Hartford family saw a porch pirate of a different kind on Monday when a black bear stole the pumpkin off their porch. Alisa Craig’s Next camera captured the bear confidently approach her home, look around, stick its face into the pumpkin and then casually walk off with its […]
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