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When someone is injured in an accident in Hartford or New Haven, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.

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State: 
Connecticut

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Accident reports by county

Fairfield County, CT - 175
Hartford County, CT - 270
Litchfield County, CT - 68
Middlesex County, CT - 54
New Haven County, CT - 264
New London County, CT - 90
Tolland County, CT - 55
Windham County, CT - 45

Most recent accident reports

Stephen R. Price, 22, critically injured, airlifted to hospital, after his car leaves the Route 2 East roadway and overturns near Colchester.

A 22-year-old Uncasville man was injured in a crash in Colchester this morning and Lifestar transported him to the hospital.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Roadway: 
Route 2 East
City: 
Colchester, CT
Type: Car Accident

Ewa Pedzich, 37, and two construction workers suffer minor injuries after vehicle crashes head-on with a truck at a roadway construction site in West Hartford, Connecticut

A car driven by a 37-year-old woman from New Britain crashed into a construction site Tuesday morning on Trout Brook Drive, north of Farmington Avenue, police said.
Date: 
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Roadway: 
Trout Brook Drive
City: 
West Hartford, CT
Type: Truck Accident
Topics: 
Construction/Work Zone, Head-on

Jackob Tate, 21, arrested for DUI, other charges, after a police pursuit through two towns finally leads to the suspects arrest in Willimatic. It was the suspects 21st. birthday.

A Preston man accused of drunk driving on his 21st birthday is facing charges after leading police on a chase through Columbia and Willimantic, authorities said.

Date: 
Monday, March 3, 2014
Roadway: 
Columbia Avenue
City: 
Willimantic, CT
Type: Car Accident

Leonel Colon, 17, killed, after the stolen car he was driving crashes into a garbage truck in East Hartford.

An East Hartford teen is dead after a Honda struck a sanitation truck on Silver Lane in East Hartford on Monday.
Date: 
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Roadway: 
Silver Lane
City: 
East Hartford, CT
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers, Stolen Vehicle, Special Circumstances - Commercial Vehicle

Eric Grubbs, 22, arrested for DUI and other charges after crashing his car into a utility pole near Ledyard.

A 22-year-old Ledyard man is facing DUI charges after crashing his car into a utility pole and fleeing the scene early this morning, according to police.
Date: 
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Roadway: 
Washington Drive near Long Cove Road
City: 
Gales Ferry, CT
Type: Car Accident

Oscar Chicas arrested after his two-year-old succeeds in putting the car into drive and crashing into two cars in West Hartford, while he was left alone in the vehicle.

A West Hartford man was arrested Sunday night after his 2-year-old child managed to drive his car into parked cars.

Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2014
Roadway: 
Kane Street
City: 
West Hartford, CT
Type: Car Accident

Haleigh MacCloy, 21, charged with DUI after her car crashed into a snowbank and rolled to its side in West Hartford.

A West Hartford woman was arrested on drunken driving charges hours after her 21st birthday ended, according to West Hartford Police.

Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Roadway: 
Flagg Road near Albany Avenue
City: 
West Hartford, CT
Type: Car Accident

10-year-old boy struck and injured by a hit-and-run vehicle on Norwich Avenue in Norwich, Connecticut

Police have arrested a driver for a hit-and-run incident in Norwich Friday night. Officers responded to 159 Norwich Ave where a 10-year-old child was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene just before 7:00 p.m.
Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Roadway: 
Norwich Ave.
City: 
Norwich, CT
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run, Children/Minors Involved

John Maile, 49, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after his car rear-ended a box truck on I-84 near Southington.

A driver was seriously injured after police say his car slammed into the back of a box truck on I-84 in Southington.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Roadway: 
I-84
City: 
Southington, CT
Type: Truck Accident

Laura Rosario, 65, Dung Nguyen, 71, injured and taken to hospital, after their vehicles collide at an intersection in West Hartford.

A 65-year-old woman is in the hospital following a crash on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford earlier today.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Roadway: 
New Britain Avenue
City: 
West Hartford, CT
Type: Car Accident

Hector Diaz, 18, Quanisha Cole, 19, one juvenile, arrested on multiple charges, after a police pursuit leads to a car crash in North Haven.

An 18-year-old and two others are facing charges after leading police on a chase in a stolen car through North Haven, authorities said.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Roadway: 
Universal Drive
City: 
North Haven, CT
Type: Car Accident

Kaitlyn R. Carney, 18, a freshman at Western Connecticut State University was killed, after her SUV leaves the I-384 roadway in Hartford County, and crashes into a concrete barrier.

State police are asking the public for assistance as they investigate a crash early Saturday that killed a West Haven woman.

Date: 
Friday, February 21, 2014
Roadway: 
I-385
City: 
Manchester, CT
Type: Car Accident

Erik Bass, 33, killed, Kenneth Cyr, 50, seriously injured, when their crashes into a car driven by Mohamed Amer Almasoudi, 29, at an icy intersection in Barkhamsted.

A New Britain man has died following a two-car crash on Route 44 in Barkhamsted late Friday night, state police said.

Date: 
Friday, February 21, 2014
Roadway: 
State Route 44 and Eddy Road
City: 
Barkhamsted, CT
Type: Car Accident

Freight train derails in heavy snow in Litchfield County. No injuries or road blockages reported.

Authorities are investigating after a cargo train derailed along the Housatonic River in New Milford around noon on Wednesday.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Roadway: 
Housatonic Avenue
City: 
New Milford, CT
Type: Train Accident

Nhi Phan, 18, Erik Beard, 41, two children 6 and 7, suffer minor injuries, after two car crash on slick roadway in Hartford County, Connecticut

Two adults and two children were taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries following a car crash on Trout Brook Drive in West Hartford that severely damaged both cars involved, according to police.
Date: 
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Roadway: 
Trout Brook Drive
City: 
West Hartford, CT
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Weather Conditions, Children/Minors Involved, Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers