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*Editor’s note: This post originally stated the suspect was from Waterbury. It has been corrected to Meriden.* SOUTHBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A Connecticut State Police trooper sustained minor injuries when a driver going the wrong way collided with their cruiser Saturday night on I-84 West in Southbury. The crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. A Mercedes-Benz […]

THOMASTON, Conn. (WTNH) – A Torrington man has been accused of driving the wrong way on Route 8 in Thomaston Tuesday night, according to state police. State Police Troop L received several 911 calls at about 9:15 p.m. regarding a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 8 near Exit 39, officials […]

Connecticut is launching a public awareness campaign to address the dangers of wrong-way driving.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) – Four people were injured following a wrong-way crash on I-91 northbound in Rocky Hill on Sunday just before 9 p.m. on Sunday. Police said a car was traveling northbound on I-91 when it was struck head-on by a car traveling in the wrong direction near exit 22. Three passengers in […]

A 76-year-old man was driving northbound in the southbound lane and struck another vehicle head-on.

MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – State police arrested a wrong-way driver who caused an accident on Route 15 in Milford Thursday morning. Troopers said that at approximately 2 a.m., they received multiple 911 calls reporting that a car was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 15, near exit 55. Shortly after receiving these reports, […]

HADDAM, Conn. (WTNH) — A wrong-way driving crash left two people dead in Haddam Tuesday night, Connecticut State Police said. According to officials, a car was traveling westbound in the left lane of two on the Route 82 Connector in Haddam just before 3 p.m. when another car, traveling eastbound in the westbound lane, struck […]

Six people are dead after two separate crashes involving wrong way drivers on both Interstate 84 and Interstate 91.

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Two people were seriously injured in a wrong-way crash on I-691 in Meriden early Tuesday morning. State police responded to the report of a wrong-way driver traveling westbound on I-691 in the eastbound lanes around midnight. The vehicle crashed head-on into a vehicle in the area of Exits 5 and 6 […]

NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTNH) — State police arrested a man for driving the wrong way and under the influence on I-95 North in New London on Wednesday. Just after 1 a.m., a state trooper was patrolling I-95 North on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge when a grey 2000 Toyota Camry passed him traveling in the […]