Month: July 2017

Bridgeport News: Man Dies From Injuries In Tractor Trailer Crash

7:22pm--7/15/2017-- On Saturday evening at 7:22pm firefighters, police and EMS were dispatched to a motorist colliding with a semi-trailer.  Trarryl Brown of 69 Kingsbury Road of Bridgeport was operating a 1989 Toyota Corolla wagon north on Newfield Avenue (Interstate 95 underpass) where he collided with a parked semi-trailer.  The Corolla was wedged under the rear of the trailer. Mr. Brown was transported to Bridgeport Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.  The family was notified and present at the hospital.   Bridgeport Police's Serious Crash Team is investigating the fatal collision.  If anyone witnessed the collision and/or has information leading up to the collision please call the Bridgeport Traffic Division at 203-576-7640.  All information is confidential. Bridgeport Police press release  

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Bridgeport News: K-9 Locates Special Needs Child

#Bridgeport CT-- On Sunday, July 9th around 9pm Bridgeport Police Department were dispatched to a family home on Catherine Street when a mother of a 9-year-old special needs boy realized her son had walked out the back door and she could not locate him.   At 9:24pm Zeus and Officer Ryan Mullenax began the track using an article of clothing provided by the mother.  The track went from Catherine Street down Harral Avenue into Nanny Goat Park then back along George Street where the child was located.   Police Chief Armando Perez said "This child would not have been found if not for the efforts of K-9 Officer Mullenax and K9 Zeus.    This is an example of the great…

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Bridgeport News: Car Slams Into Tractor Trailer

7:28pm--Motor vehicle accidents continue to dominate the breaking news today.  Witnesses to the accident told me the white Toyota station wagon was allegedly driving at a high rate of speed and ran the stop sign at Smith Street and slammed into a parked tractor trailer on Newfield Avenue near Orange Street.  The driver, a woman was unresponsive and trapped requiring firefighters to extricate her.  Her condition is not known at this time.  

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