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Pedestrian's death shows dangers of distracted driving
The Daily Advertiser
A teenage driver in Connecticut is under arrest after authorities said the distraction of a handheld cellphone caused her to fatally hit a 44-year-old jogger. The victim's father blames his death on "stupidity." The death of Kenneth Dorsey in Norwalk ...

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Trinity Senior, Stuck In Costa Rica For Weeks After Car Accident, Heads for Home
Hartford Courant
Phillips traveled to the Central American country with friends to a triathlon in mid-March; the accident happened March 22 in Santa Cruz while he was on his way to the airport. Six pedestrians were injured, according to a spokesman for the US ...
Stranded Student to Return HomeNBC Connecticut

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Connecticut student won't face extradition
Norwich Bulletin
... College senior who left that country after driving a rental car into some pedestrians at a bus stop. The Hartford Courant reports that Michael Phillips of Stow, Mass. got into the accident in March, while heading to the airport from a triathalon.

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26 hurt in East Haven as truck slams transit bus; some released from hospital ...
New Haven Register
The accident occurred at around 7:13 am police say. According to police, a pedestrian was securing a bicycle to the front of the bus when the bus was struck from behind. The pedestrian was among the many sent to the hospital.

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Police charge 16-year-old driver with negligent homicide in jogger's death
The Hour
Texting while driving is not permitted for any Connecticut driver. Police say the teenage driver received her license three and a half months before the accident occurred. She was traveling south on New Canaan Avenue in her red sport utility vehicle at ...

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Hofstra hires ex-UConn athletic director
KLAS-TV
More>> AP Sports News VideoMore>> LAS VEGAS - Metro Police are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian accident near Flamingo Road and Nellis Boulevard. Police say a male pedestrian was struck and killed shortly after 11 pm 8 News NOWMore>> Metro Police ...

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APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
WIS
More >> A pedestrian who was hit by a car while trying to cross Broad River Rd. Saturday night died at the hospital, according to the Highway Patrol.The accident happened around 9:30 pm near Dutch Square Mall.TroopersMore >> A woman who died after ...

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Several Injured After Truck Hits Bus
Patch.com
East Haven Police are asking for the public's help in piecing together what led a truck to rear end a CT Transit bus along Frontage Road during Monday morning rush hour. According to East Haven Police Lt. Joseph Slane, the department's accident ...

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Ford Windstar Recalls Continue over Rear-Axle Breaks
InjuryBoard.com
If auto manufacturers are responsible for the safety of the products they sell and defective and dangerous vehicles place drivers, passengers and pedestrians at risk for serious injury or death, then why do these manufacturers continue to cut corners?

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Yale Alumni Magazine (blog)
U-Haul driver never braked in fatal crash, police say
Yale Alumni Magazine (blog)
Then, unable to shut off the engine, he said shakily: “Oh my God! What did I do? It was an accident.” So says an arrest warrant application (PDF), compiled by a New Haven police investigator and filed in Connecticut state court last week.

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