Driver smoked pot, intentionally drove wrong way on Route 5/15: state police

Driver smoked pot, intentionally drove wrong way on Route 5/15: state police

State police arrested a Wethersfield man who was driving the wrong way on Route 5/15 in East Hartford Wednesday night. Troopers responded to the area around 8:30 after getting 911 calls about a an SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes. The troopers spotted the vehicle and were able to stop it on the shoulder of 5/15 before it was involved in any collisions. The encounter was captured by a dashcam in a trooper’s cruiser. According to state …

CT Man Ejected, Killed In Route 15 SUV Crash

Police have identified the man who was killed this week after he was ejected from a vehicle that struck a guardrail.Manuel Goncalves, 62, of Meriden, died on Thursday afternoon, March 6, after crashing his SUV on Route 15 in Meriden, …

Wethersfield Man Arrested for OUI, Driving the Wrong Way on RT 15 in East Hartford

On Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, at approximately 8:30 PM, State Police Troop H - Hartford began receiving 911 calls of a wrong way driver on Route 5/15 in East Hartford. Troop H was able to confirm that a dark colored SUV entered the off-ramp the wrong way and began traveling southbound in the northbound lanes. Troopers responded to the area and were able to locate the vehicle and successfully stopped it in the right shoulder of Route 5/15. The v…

State police arrested a man from Wethersfield, Connecticut, who was driving in the opposite direction on Route 5/15 in East Hartford on Wednesday night. Officers responded to the area around 8:30 after receiving 911 calls on a SUV traveling southwards in the lanes to the north. Officers detected the vehicle and were able to stop it at the 5/15 corner before it was involved in any collision. The encounter was captured by a board camera in an offi…