Connecticut State Police Investigate Fatal Crash, Issue Speeding Tickets

The Connecticut State Police Department, which boosted its patrols on state roads for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, was reporting two fatalities and had handed out over 600 speeding tickets as of Saturday morning.

State Police Trooper Kelly Grant
Photo Credit: *Jay Polansky, File*

Daily Voice

11/26/2016 1:30 p.m.

The increased patrols began at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27.

Troopers are patrolling the roads and highways across Connecticut focusing on drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers.

These State Police statistics cover from midnight Nov. 23 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26:

Speeding violations: 638
Seatbelt violations: 191
Other hazardous moving violations: 1,755 (including unsafe lane change, following too closely, cellphone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.)
DUI arrests: 44
Accidents investigated: 292, of which 31 had injuries and one accident with two fatalities

The fatal accident occurred Friday morning. Two men from Massachusetts were killed in a fiery crash after their Subaru Legacy slammed into a tree near Exit 14 of westbound I-84 in Southbury, state police said.

The accident occurred at 9:45 a.m. Friday, and the off-ramp was closed until about 1:30 p.m.

The two people killed were the driver, Warren Rynkar, 69, of Malden, Mass., and the lone passenger, John Rynkar, 26, of the same hometown, NBC said.

For comparison, here are the statistics for the entire 2015 Thanksgiving holiday:

Speeding: 1,204
Seatbelt Violations: 432
Other Hazardous Moving Violations: 3,160, including unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.
DUI Arrests: 46
Accidents Investigated: 513, 59 of which had Injuries, including one fatality

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