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Date: 
Sunday, March 2, 2014
An East Hartford teen is dead after a Honda struck a sanitation truck on Silver Lane in East Hartford on Monday. The crash happened on Silver Lane near the intersection with Holland Lane around 11 a.m. Monday and police identified the driver of the car as Leonel Colon, 17, of East Hartford. On Monday, police said the car was stolen and the driver lost control. Officers pursued the Honda on Burnside Avenue earlier Monday morning, but the chase was called off and was not connected to the crash, according to police.
Date: 
Monday, December 23, 2013

A pedestrian was killed Monday night after being hit by a car in the area of 800 Silver Lane, police at the scene said.

An accident reconstruction squad was called in to investigate the accident, which was reported at 7:24 p.m.

The victim, a 51-year-old local man, was taken to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries and later died, police said.

No charges have been filed against the driver and early indications are that the pedestrian stepped into traffic.