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Published December 22. 2020 5:32PM  BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Edwin Gomes, a former Connecticut state senator has died from injuries he suffered in a two-car accident in Bridgeport earlier this month. He was 84. Fellow Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont and multiple members of his administration were informed of Gomes' death on Tuesday, said Max Reiss, Lamont's communications director. “Senator Ed Gomes was a fighter – for Bridgeport, for workers and for the state of Connecticut,” Lamont said in a written statement. The governor noted that Gomes “was the first one to stand by my side” when he ente...

Ed Gomes, former Bridgeport state senator, dies at 84 December 22, 2020 GMT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Edwin Gomes, a former Connecticut state senator has died from injuries he suffered in a two-car accident in Bridgeport earlier this month. He was 84. Fellow Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont and multiple members of his administration were informed of Gomes’ death on Tuesday, said Max Reiss, Lamont’s communications director. “Senator Ed Gomes was a fighter – for Bridgeport, for workers and for the state of Connecticut,” Lamont said in a written statement. The governor noted that Gomes “wa...

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Published December 14. 2020 11:18PM  BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A former Connecticut state senator was hospitalized in critical condition after a two-car accident in Bridgeport. Edwin Gomes, 84, suffered head injuries in the crash on Sunday evening, his brother, William Aranjo, told the Connecticut Post. “He pulled through his operation. He's not really out of the woods yet,” Aranjo said Monday afternoon. Gomes, a Democrat from Bridgeport, was turning into a KFC restaurant when he collided with an oncoming car, city police said. The 19-year-old driver in the other car was taken to a hospital wi...

A former Connecticut state senator is hospitalized in critical condition after a two-car accident in Bridgeport. Eighty-four-year-old Edwin Gomes suffered head injuries in the crash on Sunday evening. His brother, William Aranjo, told the Connecticut Post on Monday that Gomes had an operation and isn't out of the woods yet. City police say Gomes was turning into a KFC restaurant when he colliding with an oncoming car. Officials say the 19-year-old driver of the other car suffered non-life threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation. Gomes, a Democrat from Bridgeport, retired f...