3 killed in Danbury, Connecticut, after car flees traffic stop, police say
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Updated 2 hrs 13 mins ago
DANBURY, Connecticut (WABC) -- A car that police said fled a traffic stop crashed early Saturday morning, killing the driver and two passengers.
Around 4:20 a.m., a Putnam County, NY deputy sheriff on Route 6 in Putnam near the New York-Connecticut state line saw a car being driven erratically, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
When the deputy tried to pull over the car, police said the driver did not comply and kept going, driving east toward Connecticut.
Eventually the car accelerated and ran off the road, hitting a utility pole at Route 6 and Milestone Road in Danbury.
Five people were in the white Nissan Maxima sedan, including a male driver, two men and two women. The driver and the other men were killed on impact. The two women were taken to Danbury Hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.
The sheriff's deputy was not injured.
The identities of those in the car have not been released. We would not be surprised if these were Hispanics, as Danbury has been flooded with them and many illegals.
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New Details Emerge in Triple Fatal Accident in Danbury After Pursuit: UPDATE
A Putnam County sheriff tried to pull the vehicle over in New York for a suspected DUI incident but the car took off at a high rate of speed
By Brian McCready (Patch National Staff) - September 3, 2016 11:53 am ET
DANBURY, CT — Three people died and two people were hospitalized after their car crashed on Mill Plain Road after they fled a traffic stop in Putnam County, the Putnam County Sheriff's office reports Saturday.
At about 4:20 a.m. Saturday, a Putnam County deputy sheriff was in a marked cruiser on patrol along U.S. Route 6 in Southeast, about three-quarters of a mile from the New York-Connecticut state line, Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith said in a statement.
The deputy observed a car travelling eastbound on the highway being operated erratically and swerving over the center-line of the road, Smith said in a news release.
Suspecting that the driver of the car was intoxicated, the deputy turned on his lights and siren in an attempt to pull the car over, police said. The driver did not comply, however, and continued to drive eastbound toward Connecticut, with the deputy following, initially at speeds below the posted speed limit, police said.
When the suspect’s car was about a quarter mile from the state line, it accelerated, Smith said. The deputy continued to follow the car across the state line and radioed the Sheriff’s Office headquarters to notify the Danbury Police Department to be on the lookout for the car, the news release states.
About three-quarters of a mile into Connecticut, the deputy decelerated and turned off his siren, the Putnam County Sheriff's office said.
The suspect’s car continued to accelerate away and, about 15 seconds later, it ran off the roadway and crashed into a metal utility pole at the intersection of Mill Plain Road (U.S. Route 6) and Milestone Road in Danbury, police said.
The car, a white Nissan Maxima four-door sedan, was occupied by five persons, including a male driver, two male passengers and two female passengers, police said.
The driver and male passengers were killed upon impact, police said. The two females were injured, and first-aid was administered to them by the deputy, with help from passers-by, police said.
The women were transported to Danbury Hospital with injuries to their extremities that are not believed to be life-threatening. The identities of the victims have not been released.
We would not be surprised if these were Hispanics, as Danbury has been flooded with them and many illegals.
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police investigation determined the police vehicle was traveling over
65 miles per hour, with top speeds of over 80 MPH, during the chase. The
crash speed of the Nissan has not been determined.
The sheriff’s deputy was not injured. He was taken to Putnam Hospital Center for observation and then released.
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The sheriff’s deputy was not injured. He was taken to Putnam Hospital Center for observation and then released.
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