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Thomas Ehret, 35, a Connecticut State Trooper, injured after his cruiser is struck by a tractor-trailer on I-95 near Stamford, Connecticut

Date: 
Monday, March 17, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY
A state trooper is recovering from injuries sustained when his cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Stamford around midnight Tuesday. Police said Trooper Thomas Ehret, 35, had pulled over a car on I-95 southbound and was parked on the right shoulder near exit 8 when a tractor-trailer driving in the opposite direction drifted onto the shoulder and sideswiped the cruiser. The truck, driven by 44-year-old John Sgro, of Columbus, N.J., stopped briefly, then sped back up and fled the scene, police said.

Rudy Lockhart, 24, and Christopher Griffiths, 25, arrested after their car rear-ends a police cruiser at Washington and High streets in Middletown, Connecticut

Date: 
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Area: 
Hartford & New Haven, CT
A 25-year-old New Britain man was charged with operating under the influence after he crashed into a Middletown police cruiser early Sunday, police said. Christopher Griffiths, 25, struck a cruiser operated by Officer Patrick Kiely at the intersection of Washington and High streets around 12:50 a.m., police said. Kiely was stopped at a red light when Griffiths struck him from behind.