On Monday morning, 29 February a crash on the Interstate 95 in New Haven led to traffic chaos.

According to authorities the crash happened at around 8.10 a.m. on I-95 southbound about one-third of a mile past Exit 44 which is the Ella T. Grasso Boulevard .

There were six vehicles involved and the state Department of Transportation closed two lanes of the highway until the wreckage was cleared which caused major delays for the commuter traffic.

The crash was cleared shortly after 9 a.m. but it caused congestion stretching back more than four miles to Exit 51 in East Haven.

Two people were taken to the hospital after the accident but their injuries were not considered to be serious. All of the vehicles involved were reported to have minor damage.

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On Saturday afternoon, August 8, an accident left a postal worker seriously injured.

According to police, the accident happened at around 5 p.m. at the U.S. Postal facility at 24 Research Parkway in Wallingford adjacent to one of the loading docks. Postal worker 52 year old Glenn Ford of Wallingford was hit by a 2007 International 4000 series box truck being driven by 46 year old Joseph Gallo of West Haven, which was trying to back into one of the docks. Having knocked him down, the truck then ran over him with its rear wheels. He was then taken to Yale New Haven hospital with serious injuries.

Gallo remained on the scene and cooperated with police and officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) who are still carrying out the investigation. So far no charges have been filed.

The truck is registered to FMP Transport LLC in East Haven, which is a contractor for the postal service.

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Very early on Tuesday morning, July 7, a lady from Branford was very seriously injured in a boating accident.

According to Branford Fire and Police Departments, the accident happened shortly after midnight on the border between East Haven and Brandford in an area between Payne’s Point and Kelsey Island near the Farm River.

A female, thought to be a passenger in the boar had severe injuries to her left arm, her face and her back. She was taken immediately to Yale New Haven Hospital in critical condition.

The male operator of the boat was treated at the scene and did not need to go to hospital.

It appears that a rope from the stern of the boat had fallen into the water and become tangled in the propeller which may have caused the boat to swerve suddenly and the female to fall out. She was then hit by the boat when in the water.

The accident is being investigated by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Branford Police Department, and the United States Coast Guard.

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On Sunday, June 14, Meriden author, Laura Van Wormer was in a car accident which has left her in a critical condition.

According to police, 22 year old Wilian Chavez-Sanchez, of Bridgeport, was driving the wrong way during the early morning hours on Sunday on the Wilbur Cross Parkway (Route 15) in Hamden when he hit Van Wormer’s car at 3.30 a.m. Van Wormer was driving in the left lane near Exit 60 when the accident happened.

Van Wormer was taken to the surgical intensive care unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital with serious injuries and Chavez-Sanchez was taken there too but discharged the following day.

Van Wormer is suffering from all of her ribs being broken, a skull fracture and a jaw injury. She also has a clavicle fracture that will require surgery, internal injuries and a very serious injury to her right leg which was crushed in the crash and will need orthopedic reconstructive surgery. She has been heavily sedated since the crash but is showing signs of improvement daily.

Family and friends want to know the status of the investigation and why Chavez-Sanchez has not been charged although police say charges are pending once they gauge the seriousness of Van Wormer’s injuries.

Van Wormer has published 16 books and is an internationally acclaimed author.

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On Sunday afternoon, May 16, a Bayonne woman was killed after her motorcycle collided head on with an SUV, east of New Haven.

According to Connecticut State Police, the accident happened at around 4.25 p.m. on Route 81, just north of Route 148. Bayonne residents, 47 year old Karen S. Minutella and John Healy, also 47 were travelling north on Route 81 on their Harley Davidson motorcycles with a group of other motorcyclists when they collided with a southbound 2008 Honda Pilot driven by a 16 year old.

Both of them were ejected from their motorcycles. Healey was taken by helicopter to Hartford hospital with life threatening injuries but is believed now to be stable. Minutella was pronounced dead at the scene.

The teenage car driver was uninjured and a third motorcyclist, a 48 year old man from Bristol, was also thrown from his motorcycle when trying to avoid the collision and he hit another vehicle which had stopped as a result of the first crash. He suffered minor injuries.

The accident is still under investigation.

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