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• CT Red Cross Volunteers Head to Carolinas as Florence Churns

  10-09-2018 23:50
  
  American Red Cross volunteers will likely be leaving Connecticut in the next 24 to 48 hours to help with Hurricane Florence relief in North and South Carolina.Photo Credit: NOAA
  
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• Cool, rainy Monday; Warmer temps return Tuesday

  10-09-2018 22:30
  Keep your umbrella handy, unsettled weather sticks around for the next several days.
  Rain will continue off and on tonight. But there could be an isolated strong/severe storm overnight starting 11 PM through daybreak. Strong winds are the biggest threat.
  It turns warmer and more humid heading into Tuesday and Wednesday with high temperatures near 80 and dew points soaring into the 70s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue but it will not be nearly as wet as Monday. There's also a c
  
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• 95 Jobs to be Cut in People's Acquisition of Farmington Bank

  10-09-2018 22:11
  
  People’s United Bank plans to cut 95 jobs after it takes over Farmington Bank.
  
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• Day care accused of running trafficking ring

  10-09-2018 21:28
  SAN FRANCISCO -- A Bay Area family of four faces 59 counts of human trafficking, rape and labor abuse.
  They're charged with running a human trafficking ring out of a Daly City child daycare center.
  And two residential senior care facilities they owned and operated in the area.
  According to the state attorney general's office, these crimes happened literally right next door in neighborhoods, even directly across the street from a high school in  Daly City.
  Neighbors didn't suspected anythin
  
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• Deborah Norville Looks Back On The 31st Season Of ‘Inside Edition’

  10-09-2018 21:15
  Inside Edition celebrates its 31st season this week and Deborah Norville has been in the anchor’s chair since 1995. The show has won several awards during it’s impressive run including the George Polk Award and he National Association of Consumer Agency Administrator’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to Norville about some of her favorites stories as well as what’s to come on the new season.
  MW- Hey Deborah, first off I want to say congrats
  
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• The Baseball Report: Martinez Has A Shot At ‘True’ Triple Crown

  10-09-2018 21:14
  Ryan Mayer
  Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has been a big part of why the team has posted the best record in the league up to this point and are set to win 100 games for just the fourth time in franchise history. The 30-year-old outfielder/designated hitter hit his 40th home run of the season on Sunday as the Red Sox beat the Astros 6-5. That homer puts him just one back of Oakland’s Khris Davis for the major league lead.
  That’s not the only category that Martinez is near the to
  
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• Police: Hamden man choked, punched girlfriend on lawn

  10-09-2018 21:10
  HAMDEN  — Connecticut authorities say a 67-year-old man who was seen choking his girlfriend on a front lawn before a neighbor intervened has been charged with assault.
  Hamden Police say Aaron Farrar was arrested Saturday and charged with strangulation, assault and breach of peace.
  Investigators say Farrar and his 37-year-old girlfriend were riding in a car when they got into a verbal dispute and the girlfriend tried to jump out of the car. Police say Farrar then got out of the car and
  
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• 6-Year-Old Granted Wish to Become Honorary Pilot at Sikorsky

  10-09-2018 21:10
  
  A 6-year-old from Pennsylvania spent the day at Sikorsky Friday earning an honorary Sikorsky Test Pilot license as part of a special wish.Photo Credit: Sikorsky
  
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• Hartford Man Reported Missing Was Found

  10-09-2018 21:09
  
  A Silver Alert has been canceled for a man with various health issues who had been missing from Hartford since Saturday. Police said Monday afternoon that 63-year-old Luis Ramos was found in the area of...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Dr. Phil Discusses Hit-Man For Fire Case Ahead Of S17 Premiere

  10-09-2018 21:00
  Dr. Phil is back for a 17th season on Monday, September 9th. The wildly popular show hits the ground running with a story of attempted murder that will have you on the edge of your seat all episode long.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to Dr. Phil about this week’s two-part episode covering the case of Tara Lambert who attempted to hire a hit-man to kill her husband’s former lover.
  MW- Good morning Dr. Phil how are you?
  Dr. P- Good, how are you?
  MW- Doing fine over here! I want to
  
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• Middletown police charge man with murder, burglary in death of woman

  10-09-2018 20:33
  MIDDLETOWN — Police arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman Saturday.
  Police arrested Cornel Myers, 34, of Middletown Monday and charged him with murder, burglary, and trespass in connection with the death of a woman who was found injured in her home on Saturday.
  Police were called to a medical call  at Hunters Crossing Apartments Saturday in the Westlake area of town. They found Myers at the scene. He had previously been told not to return to the scene as he was an unw
  
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• Middletown Man Charged With Murder

  10-09-2018 20:17
  
  Middletown police have arrested a suspect in a death over the weekend and have charged him with murder.Photo Credit: Middletown Police
  
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• Motorcyclist pulls insanely dangerous move during race

  10-09-2018 19:54
  There’s bad sportsmanship, and then there’s … this. A motorcyclist racing at 140mph rode up next to a rival and grabbed his brake lever, reports the Guardian. (See the hard-to-believe video here.)
  Fortunately, the other rider maintained control over his bike.
  The offending racer is 22-year-old Romano Fenati of Italy, whose racing future now appears to be in doubt.
  “I wish it had been just a bad dream,” said Fenati on Monday, a day after the Moto2 race in
  
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• Man Accused of Following Teen in Watertown Charged With Stalking

  10-09-2018 19:37
  
  Watertown police have arrested a 60-year-old Naugatuck man who is accused of following an 18-year-old girl in July and they have charged him with stalking.Photo Credit: Watertown Police
  
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• Rapper charged in airport disturbance to pay fine, write apology letter

  10-09-2018 19:33
  ENFIELD  — Rapper Kamaiyah made her first court appearance since being arrested at a Connecticut airport where police say she went on a profanity-laced tirade against security officers.
  The 26-year-old artist from Oakland, California, appeared Monday in Enfield Superior Court. She agreed to pay a $50 fine and send an apology letter to the troopers involved.
  Kamaiyah Johnson hit the scene with her 2016 debut mixtape “A Good Night in the Ghetto” and appeared in a Sprite comm
  
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• Louisiana city bans purchase of Nike products by booster clubs

  10-09-2018 19:18
  KENNER, La. - Booster clubs in Kenner, Louisiana, are now forbidden to buy any Nike products.
  Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn sent out a memo on September 5 with the new directive, a day after Nike made headlines by introducing Colin Kaepernick as one of the faces of its “Just Do It” 30th anniversary ad campaign.
  Now the memo, which was addressed to Parks and Recreation director Chad Pitfield, is making headlines itself for the apparent political motivation behind the ban.
  “Effecti
  
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• Malnourished dog found when Hartford police investigate man’s threat to medical staff: PD

  10-09-2018 19:08
  HARTFORD — Police arrested a man when they discovered a malnourished dog while investigating him for threats to medical staff members.
  Police were called to St. Francis Hospital Monday around 7 a.m. for a complaint of a man threatening the staff. Hospital workers said while they were discharging a patient after completing treatment for a hand injury, he threatened staff for improper medical treatment. Staff members said the patient threatened to shoot hospital staff with a rifle.
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• Enfield High School Student Fatally Stabbed: Police

  10-09-2018 19:08
  
  Enfield Police are investigating after a high school student was fatally stabbed early Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Hartford Man Accused of Threatening Hospital Staff and Animal Cruelty

  10-09-2018 19:03
  
  A man accused of threatening to shoot staff of St. Francis Hospital has been charged with threatening and he was also charged with animal cruelty after police went to his house.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Offered to 'Buy' 13-Year-Old Off Parents at Fanueil Hall

  10-09-2018 18:56
  
  A 20-year-old man was arrested Sunday in Boston after he allegedly offered a young teenager’s parents cash to “buy” their daughter before he tried to drag her away.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Drunk Florida Man Accidentally Causes Fire In His House, While Making Cookies

  10-09-2018 18:51
  NICEVILLE, Fla. (CBS Local)– A George Foreman grill can be used to cook a lot of different things, but cookies isn’t on that list.
  A Florida man caused a fire in his home after Niceville firefighters allege that the man began making cookies on his George Foreman grill and left the grill unattended. According to reports, the man said he drank two liters of vodka and smoked marijuana earlier that day.
  When Niceville police officers and firefighters arrived at the scene, the man wa
  
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• Oklahoma woman wakes up to coyote in bedroom

  10-09-2018 18:50
  BIXBY, Okla. — An Oklahoma woman woke up to a coyote in her bedroom early Sunday morning, according to KOKI.
  The woman said she initially thought her cat and dog were fighting, but when she turned on the light in her bedroom she saw a coyote.
  She tried to use a golf club to scare the coyote but that did not work, according to KOKI. The woman called police and animal control officers removed the animal without further incident and released it in the woods.
  The woman believes the coyote cam
  
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• College football player loses foot in train accident

  10-09-2018 18:47
  OKLAHOMA CITY – A man who lost his foot in a train accident near downtown Oklahoma City Sunday morning is a sophomore on the football team at the University of Central Oklahoma.
  University officials confirmed to KFOR that Derek Loccident, a redshirt sophomore defensive back for UCO’s football team, was involved in the incident.
  The injury was confirmed by a statement from head football coach Nick Bobeck:
  The University of Central Oklahoma Athletics Department wishes to extend its ful
  
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• 000 Was Lucky Number for CT Lottery Players

  10-09-2018 18:43
  
  Just days after the numbers 999 came up in back-to-back Connecticut lottery drawings, the number 000 proved to be lucky too.Photo Credit: Connecticut Lottery
  
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• Coffee Cup Salute – Goodspeed Musicals

  10-09-2018 18:37
  This morning, we salute GoodSpeed Musicals in East Haddam! They opened in 1963, and produced over 250 musicals, over 70 world premiers, and exported 21 productions to Broadway! They have earned two Tony awards, and they are recognized as the 'Home of the American Musical".
  
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• Millions Of Taxpayers Could Wind Up Owing For 2018

  10-09-2018 18:20
  (CBS News) — The tax law passed late last year included slews of changes that will have wide impacts across the U.S. Among them is a likely jump in the numbers of Americans who’ll owe taxes when they file 2018 returns.
  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report warning that more than 4.5 million taxpayers will come up short next April, unless they act now to adjust their withholding amounts.
  This is because the tax law limited or even eliminated man
  
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• Pregnant Woman, Man Stabbed in Naugatuck: PD

  10-09-2018 17:36
  
  A pregnant woman and a man were stabbed during an assault and alleged home invasion in Naugatuck on Friday and police have arrested a suspect.Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police
  
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• Fire at T Jay’s Bar and Grill in Waterbury Appears to Be Suspicious: Officials

  10-09-2018 17:35
  
  Fire broke out at T Jay’s Bar and Grill on Waterville Street in Waterbury early Monday morning and officials said the fire appears to be suspicious.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police Arrest Suspects in Armed Robbery at Southington Food Bag

  10-09-2018 17:33
  
  Police are investigating an armed robbery at Food Bag in Southington on Monday morning and said Middletown police arrested two suspects and found items taken during the robbery.
  
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• NFL Week 1 Ratings See Uptick In Most Windows

  10-09-2018 17:27
  Ryan Mayer
  After the first Sunday of NFL action, the league’s various broadcast partners are likely happy this morning. Overnight ratings reporting shows increases in viewership in three of the four windows.
  In their set of regional, single-header games, CBS Sports is reporting that ratings are up 23% over last season’s with an average overnight household rating share of 10.6/22. The network’s pregame show, The NFL Today, also saw a ratings increase, with a 2.8/7 overnight rati
  
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• 6 Families Evacuated During Residential Fire in Hartford

  10-09-2018 17:20
  
  Firefighters responded to a fire in Hartford early Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Massive Gas Line Explosion, Fire Prompt Evacuations In Pennsylvania

  10-09-2018 17:05
  CENTER TOWNSHIP, PA. (KDKA) — A massive gas line explosion rocked Beaver County early Monday, sending a huge fire ball into the sky and prompting the evacuation of more than two dozen homes.
  The explosion was first reported at 4:54 a.m. in the area of Ivy Lane in Center Township. Police shut down the intersection of Broadhead Road and Ivy Lane because of the incident.
  WATCH: Beaver County Emergency Officials Hold News Conference —The line is owned and operated by Energy Transfer. The
  
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• Family Heartbroken After Mother, Daughter Drown In Fort Worth Flash Floods

  10-09-2018 15:45
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A young mother and her daughter drowned Saturday after their car was swept off a road due to flash floods in Fort Worth. The car went into a 20-foot-deep culvert where it submerged.
  The family identified the mother as 18-year-old Jessica Romero and her daughter as two-year-old Llaylanii. Romero’s aunt was stunned by the news.
  Jessica Romero and Llaylanni (GoFundMe)
  Mary Hernandez believes her niece was headed to the babysitter to drop off her daughter before
  
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• Missing Naugatuck Family Found Safe

  10-09-2018 14:48
  
  Naugatuck police have found a family that previously hadn't been heard from since Aug. 11.Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police Department
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for Missing Man With Health Issues

  10-09-2018 12:44
  
  A Silver Alert has been issued for a man with various health issues who has been missing from Hartford since Saturday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• How to Prepare Ahead of Hurricane Florence

  10-09-2018 11:13
  
  Keep an eye on Florence and make sure your hurricane plan is up to date.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Survivor and victims’ family members spread message of forgiveness in light of Charleston church shooting

  10-09-2018 04:50
  EASTON - It has been three years since the tragic shooting took place inside a Charleston, South Carolina church.
  The mass tragedy not only rocked the local community, but it started a conversation about racial hatred in the world.
  A survivor and the victims' family members had a message of forgiveness for those at the Covenant Church of Easton Saturday evening.
  It happened on Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
  "I remember a young, white male coming in about 15 minutes into the bible study," said Polly
  
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• Former ‘Cosby’ star Geoffrey Owens accepts Tyler Perry’s job offer

  10-09-2018 04:25
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  Actor Geoffrey Owens has gone from being job-shamed to landing a major Hollywood gig.
  A representative for Owens told CNN that he has accepted a job offer from Tyler Perry, who tweeted earlier this week that he wanted Owens to appear on his OWN television show, “The Haves and The Have Nots.”
  Owen’s exact role on the show is unknown, but he’ll appear on multiple episodes.
  Owens, who rose to fame as Elvin Tibideaux on “The Cosby Show” from 1985
  
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• Good Samaritan unknowingly stopped to help man hired to kill him: cops

  10-09-2018 04:24
  DELTONA, Fla. – The killing of Carlos Cruz-Echevarria, a 60-year-old Army veteran, seemed random at first. But authorities now say it was all too deliberate.
  The body of Cruz-Echevarria was found Nov. 11—Veterans Day—near a disabled, stolen car on the side of a Deltona, Fla., road, the Orlando Sentinel reports. He had been shot in the head multiple times. His own truck was gone, later discovered burned some 30 miles away.
  This week, authorities arrested three suspect
  
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• Father, stepmother arrested after 3-year-old’s ‘horrific’ burns left untreated for 10 days

  10-09-2018 04:22
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A California father and stepmother are under arrest for allowing their young daughter to be badly burned in their apartment and then failing to take her to the hospital for 10 days.
  Karina Feliz Davis, the toddler's 25-year-old stepmother, was spending her ninth night in jail on Thursday.
  Then on Thursday, the 3-year-old's father, 29-year-old John Lolley, stopped running from a warrant deputies have had out for him and surrendered.
  They are now facing felony char
  
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• ‘Joe Exotic’ indicted in murder-for-hire plot in Florida

  10-09-2018 04:20
  OKLAHOMA CITY – A zookeeper who ran for governor of Oklahoma earlier this year has been indicted on two counts of hiring a person to commit murder.
  On Wednesday, a federal grand jury returned an indictment that accuses Joseph Maldonado-Passage, 55, of Wynnewood, of hiring a person in November 2017 to murder ‘Jane Doe’ in Florida. According to the indictment, Maldonado-Passage, who also goes by “Joe Exotic,” gave the person $3,000 to travel from Oklahoma to Sout
  
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• ‘I can’t believe I’m alive’: Man warns others after getting trapped in hot car for 13 hours

  10-09-2018 04:19
  CLEVELAND – A 75-year-old Ohio man spent more than 13 hours trapped in his car, and now he’s sharing his story of survival to warn others that the same thing could happen to them.
  Pete Pyros told WJW he ended up locked inside his 2006 Cadillac last week when his key fob stopped working, and the car’s electrical system went dead.
  "I can't believe I'm alive," Pyros told the Cleveland news station.
  He couldn’t find any switch to unlock the doors. He had no cellphone and no
  
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• Dallas police officer arrested in shooting death of Botham Shem Jean

  10-09-2018 03:17
  A Dallas police officer was arrested Sunday in connection with the shooting death of Botham Shem Jean, the Texas Rangers said.
  Guyger, who is white, was off-duty when she shot Jean, a black man, after mistakenly entering his apartment at the complex where she also lived, police said Thursday. Jean, 26, a native of St. Lucia who worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas, died at a hospital.
  Guyger, 30, of Dallas, was booked in the Kaufman County Jail after a warrant was issued for her
  
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• Pedestrians Injured in Crash near Car Show

  10-09-2018 03:05
  
  A father and son were injured by an out-of-control vehicle leaving a police-sponsored car show in Thomaston on Sunday.Photo Credit: Mike Burn
  
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• Fox 61’s Game of the Week is back for Week 2!

  10-09-2018 02:50
  After an impressive week of hitting the polls, Game of the Week returns with three more matchups of high school gridiron gangs looking for glory!
  Each week FOX61 asks you –the fans –to tell us who you’d like to see featured every Friday night featured on our newscasts. Simply select which matchup below that you’d like to see as our featured Game of the Week, and sit back and enjoy the best local high school coverage around!
  Tune in Wednesday night to see which game h
  
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• Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild

  10-09-2018 02:47
  The Spix’s macaw achieved onscreen fame in 20th Century Fox’s “Rio” as a charming parrot named Blu who travels thousands of miles in an attempt to save his species.
  But a study released this week found that the Brazilian bird is now extinct in the wild.
  The Spix’s macaw is one of eight bird species, half of them in Brazil, confirmed extinct or suspected extinct in the report from BirdLife International. Deforestation is a leading cause of the Spix’s macaw&rsqu
  
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• Hartford police issue Silver Alert for missing 63-year-old disabled man

  10-09-2018 02:36
  HARTFORD — Police issued a Silver Alert for a missing man who has a variety of health issues.
  Police said Luis Ramos, 63, was last seen late Saturday.  He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, red shorts, white socks and black sneakers. He is 5’5″ tall, weighs 150 lbs. He has gray hair and brown eyes.
  Police said they do not know where he might have gone.
  Police said Ramos suffers from several ailments including dementia and diabetes and needs medical attention.
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• Dogs go on surfing safari in California

  10-09-2018 02:08
  DEL MAR, CA -- Snouts up!
  A dog surf-a-thon was held at Del Mar Dog Beach sunday.
  More than 70 dogs got to show off their skills on the waves.
  The event is in its 13th year, highlighting some of "man's best friends" best tricks.
  One hundred percent of proceeds from the surf-a-thon benefit the helen woodward animal center to help orphan pets.
   
  
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• Father, son seriously injured as car crashes near Thomaston car show

  10-09-2018 01:36
  THOMASTON — A father and son were seriously injured in a crash that happened outside an auto show Sunday.
  Police said they were on the scene at 33 South Main St. The Thomaston Summer Cruise was being held nearby on Main Street. A photo posted to the Facebook page for the event, showed a charcoal Dodge Viper that had hit the sign for a Mobil station.
  Officials said a father and his 12-year-old son were seriously injured as the car hit them as they walked along the road.
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• September 9 to September 15

  10-09-2018 01:02
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