Plan would change roads, add Route 8 ramps
BEACON FALLS — The town is eyeing potential changes to local roads as well as creating new exit and on-ramps for Route 8 in order to make the Pinesbridge Industrial...Related Posts:Sprucing upTown...
View ArticleFirefighters stay busy
BEACON FALLS — A tractor trailer accident on Route 8 and a small fire on Main Street kept emergency responders busy Thanksgiving eve. According to a state police accident report,...Related Posts:Four...
View ArticleMan hit on Route 8 dies
BEACON FALLS — A Naugatuck man struck while walking on Route 8 Tuesday night has died from his injuries. Kevin Daly, 29, of Naugatuck was struck by a Ford E-250...Related Posts:Route 8 accident claims...
View ArticleStuck truck backs up traffic
NAUGATUCK — An accident on Route 8 South is causing traffic to back up and police are urging drivers to seek an alternate route. A pickup truck got stuck in...Related Posts:Route 8 accident claims...
View ArticleMorning commute slowed due to car fire
NAUGATUCK — A car fire backed up the morning commute Thursday on Route 8 North. The fire briefly shut down the highway near exit 26. Fire Captain John Debisschop said...Related Posts:Flash fire injures...
View ArticleMan flips car on Route 8
BEACON FALLS — A Wolcott man avoided serious injury after driving through a fence and a wooded area before crashing on Route 8 Oct. 23. According to a police report,...
View ArticleWoman ejected from car on Route 8
BEACON FALLS — A 23-year-old Waterbury woman was ejected from the Honda Civic she was driving on Route 8 south Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. Lenee M. Schiavo was driving...
View ArticleCrash closes Route 8 Sunday night
NAUGATUCK — Route 8 South between exits 26 and 27 in Naugatuck was closed for an hour Sunday night after a truck accident. A GMC Sierra pickup truck flipped on...
View ArticleBeacon Falls man dies in Route 8 accident
WATERBURY — A 35-year-old Beacon Falls man was killed early Friday morning in a one-car accident on Route 8. State police reported Roy J. Gruner, of 30 Andrasko Road, Beacon...
View ArticleFirst responders extricate driver after accident
NAUGATUCK — A two-vehicle crash caused delays near exit 26 along Route 8 north on Tuesday. Capt. Albert Beltrami of the Naugatuck Fire Department said firefighters responded to the collision...
View ArticlePedestrian hit on Route 8 dies
NAUGATUCK — A pedestrian was killed after being struck twice Thursday evening by two different vehicles traveling on Route 8’s northbound and southbound lanes near exit 27, the Maple Street...
View ArticlePolice identify teen struck, killed on Route 8
NAUGATUCK — State police identified the pedestrian struck and killed on Route 8 last week as 14-year-old Michael Shore of Southington. Shore was killed Dec. 22 when he was struck...
View ArticleProspect man killed in Route 8 accident
WATERBURY — A 27-year-old Prospect man died Wednesday night after he was thrown from his motorcycle on Route 8 South in Waterbury, police said. Christopher Jeannin, of 120 Matthew St.,...
View ArticleCrash closes Route 8 Sunday night
NAUGATUCK — Route 8 South between exits 26 and 27 in Naugatuck was closed for an hour Sunday night after a truck accident. A GMC Sierra pickup truck flipped on...
View ArticleDriver facing charges after toddler ejected from car during crash
BEACON FALLS — A toddler and two drivers escaped serious injuries in a crash on Route 8 North Friday afternoon. State police said a 19-month-old boy was ejected from a...
View ArticleState police investigating road rage incident on Route 8
NAUGATUCK — State police are seeking information on a reported road rage incident Tuesday on Route 8 involving someone shooting at another car. State police said the incident played out...
View ArticleCrash closes Route 8 for hours
NAUGATUCK — A two-car crash on Route 8 north involving a vehicle that state police said had been parked and abandoned on the side of the roadway led to a...
View ArticleDOT truck crashes down embankment
NAUGATUCK — A state Department of Transportation tractor-trailer pulling an excavator on a flatbed veered off Route 8 southbound and crashed down an embankment Monday morning. The accident occurred at...
View ArticleDOT driver charged in connection with accident
NAUGATUCK— A driver with the state Department of Transportation was on multiple drugs when he crashed the tractor-trailer he was driving on Route 8 southbound at about 11:40 a.m. on...
View ArticleFirefighters extinguish car fire on Route 8
BEACON FALLS — No one was injured when an SUV caught fire on Route 8 Wednesday evening, but the vehicle is a total loss. Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 Fire...
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