MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTIC Radio)—Connecticut State Police investigated over 300 accidents on the road over the holiday weekend, including three that involved fatal injuries.
From Friday, July 2, to 8:00 a.m. Monday, state troopers investigated 313 accidents. According to state police, 40 of them involved injuries and three involved at least one death.
The first of the three fatal crashes happened in Greenwich at about 9:50 p.m. on Saturday.
On Interstate 95, north of Exit 2 in Greenwich, a tractor trailer was parked in the right shoulder, police said. A vehicle traveling nearby collided with another vehicle, causing it to collide with the trailer. The first vehicle then struck a fourth vehicle and spun off the roadway, hitting a light pole off the right shoulder of the highway, police said.
One of the drivers sustained fatal injuries. Police identified her as Josephine Sciarrino, 45, of Stamford. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another driver from Waterbury sustained minor injuries in the accident. Police said the driver was transported to Stamford Hospital for evaluation. No other injuries were reported.
On Sunday, July 4, state troopers responded to a fatal accident in New Haven involving a motorcyclist.
At about 6 o'clock that evening, Nilson Brito Diniz, 27, of West Haven, was driving on the exit 47 ramp on I-95 southbound in New Haven when he lost control of his motorcycle, police said.
The motorcycle drove into a concrete barrier, police said, and continued into the left lane metal beam guardrail.
Diniz was separated from the motorcycle in the crash, police said. He later succumbed to his injuries in Yale New Haven Hospital.
At 2 a.m. Monday, troopers responded to a fatal accident in East Lyme that shut down the southbound lanes of I-95 near exit 73. The collision left an 18-year-old dead.
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During the holiday enforcement detail, state police made 23 DUI arrests and issued 370 speeding tickets. Troopers issued 764 traffic violations in total.
The department also had 4,389 calls for service over the long weekend.