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Man extricated from van after rollover on Route 8
NAUGATUCK — Firefighters had to cut the roof off of a minivan to extricate the driver after the van rolled over before 8:30 a.m. on Route 8 near exit 29. The minivan appeared to have struck the jersey barrier before it flipped to rest on the driver’s side, Fire Chief Ken Hanks said. Only... »
One-car accident claims man’s life
PROSPECT — A New Britain man was killed in a one-car crash on Scott Road near the Waterbury line early Saturday, authorities said. Wieslaw Pobidel, 55, of Sheffield Street, was taken by Campion Ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, following the crash about 6:15 a.m., state police said in a release. Pobidel was... »
Accident victim remembered
BEACON FALLS — Relatives of the driver who died in a crash on Route 8 last Sunday remembered him Friday for his love of welding and riding motorcycles. State police on Friday identified the man as Daniel McLeod, 22, of 298 Morning Dove Road, Naugatuck. At 2:23 a.m. on Nov. 25, McLeod was driving... »
Route 8 accident claims life
BEACON FALLS — One man died in a fiery crash on Route 8 early Sunday. The man was traveling north when his Chevrolet pickup veered off the road around 2:23 a.m., state police said. The pickup hit a tree and became engulfed in flames, police said. The accident occurred about one-tenth of a mile... »
Driver charged in New Haven Road accident
NAUGATUCK — Police have charged the driver in a one-car accident that closed down a portion of New Haven Road. Naugatuck police spokesman Lt. Bryan Cammarata said at about 6 a.m. a car hit a utility pole near Hazel Avenue. The accident left the pole unstable. The road between Cross Street and Hazel Avenue... »
Two hurt in borough crash
NAUGATUCK — Two people were hospitalized after a Tuesday afternoon accident at the intersection of Maple Street and Old Firehouse Road, where a traffic light is being installed because of accidents in the past. An 18-year-old borough man driving a 2000 Mercury Mystique collided with a Waterbury woman driving a 2007 Hyundai Elantra just... »
Borough woman identified as victim in fatal crash
WATERBURY — A 61-year-old woman from Naugatuck died after a tractor trailer crashed into her car on Route 64 shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, police said. The woman, identified as Pamela Winston, was driving a 2001 Kia Sephia west on Route 64 after exiting Interstate 84 at Exit 17. Michael Ploch, 51, of Oxford,... »
Update: Motorcyclist injured in Monday night accident
NAUGATUCK — A motorcycle driver sustained a head injury in an accident Monday night on Cotton Hollow Road. According to Lt. Robert Harrison of the Naugatuck Police Department, Jakub Vylasek, 28, of 106 Beacon Valley Road, Beacon Falls, was traveling eastbound on Cotton Hollow Road when he lost control of his 2001 Suzuki GSXR600... »
No change in victims’ condition after Route 8 crash
NAUGATUCK — A man and a woman involved in a Saturday night head-on collision on Route 8 remained at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury late Monday with no change in their conditions. Sara Chmielewski, 22, of 108 Sunnybank Ave., Stratford, was a passenger in a 2008 Honda Accord traveling south. The car was hit... »
Beacon Falls man dies after head-on collision
NAUGATUCK — A Beacon Falls man died from injuries suffered after his car collided head-on with a car going the wrong way on Route 8 Saturday night, state police said. William J. Baer Jr., 24, of 410 Burton Road, was alive when he was admitted to Waterbury Hospital after the accident, but a hospital... »