Police: Pedestrian injured in Bridgeport hit and run
Saul Flores
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BRIDGEPORT - Officers are investigating a hit-and-run crash early Sunday that injured a city man on Boston Avenue, police said.
A pedestrian, later identified as Alvin Nieves, was struck by a vehicle while walking on the roadway at 520 Boston Ave., around 2:13 a.m., officials said.
The vehicle, a dark-colored Jeep Wranger, was traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on Boston Avenue when it struck Nieves. After the vehicle hit Nieves, it continued eastbound on Boston Avenue without stopping, officials said.
Medics responded to the scene and reported that Nieves sustained severe injures to both legs. He was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital where he is in stable condition, officials said.
Hundreds of nurses who work at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, rallied Sunday, one day before their planned strike Monday to protest what they.
Archbishop Martin pays tribute to the late Fr Enda McDonagh ‘A colossus on Irish theological landscape,’ says Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary
Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 21:33
Archbishop of Armagh and Catholic Primate of All Ireland Eamon Martin has responded to the death of influential theologian Fr Enda McDonagh (90) at St Vincent’s hospital, Dublin, on Wednesday.
“Rest in peace, Fr Enda McDonagh. God comfort his family, colleagues and many friends throughout Ireland,” said Archbishop Martin.
In a tribute Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson described Fr McDonagh as “a household name in Irish religious life” who throughout a long life “carried his learning and erudition gracefully and at the same time fearlessly”.
Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in Fairfield
Josh LaBella
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Connecticut State Police from Troop G said Christine McMahon, 69, of Fairfield, was killed when she was struck by a vehicle on Nov. 7./
FAIRFIELD State Police are still looking into a deadly crash that killed a woman and injured another in November the latest in an “alarming” trend of pedestrian deaths, according to a study released Wednesday.
The number of pedestrian fatalities more than doubled from 2009 to 2018, after decreasing for three decades before that, according to AAA’s new study. Connecticut’s 2020 numbers are still being finalized but were lower than 2019 due to the pandemic, officials said.