Ansonia Police: Portion of Pershing Drive closed after fatal accident today

ANSONIA  - Ansonia Police are currently investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 7:44 a.m. on Pershing Drive between Clifton Avenue and Bridge Street. Pershing Drive is closed until further notice in that area, drivers and pedestrians should avoid the area. 

The accident is still an active scene, the Connecticut State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit and Derby Police Department are assisting with the investigation. 

More information will be released as it becomes available, at this time we are not releasing the name of the individual involved in the accident.

Anyone that was in the area of the accident this morning with information regarding this case is asked to contact the police department at 203-735-1885 or anonymous tips can be left at Tip411 at the link below.

https://www.tip411.com/tips/new?alert_group_id=21553

This is a press release from Lt. Patrick Lynch.

Seymour Police: Motorcyclist, 28, dies in crash Sunday

 

Welander warns public about fake GoFundMe donation site for Derby children

Sharing post from the Valley Independent Sentinel:

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/state_rep_beware_of_fake_donation_website

This is a link to the real GoFundMe page:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-5-children

State Rep. Mary Welander represents the 114th District, which includes part of Derby.

Community coming together to help Derby family bury 5 children

DERBY - A horrific car crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, N.Y. early Sunday took the lives of five children ages 8-17 who recently had moved here from New York.

Click the link below from today's Valley Independent Sentinel for information about the fatal crash.

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/press_conference_on_crash_that_claimed_the_lives_of_five_minors_from_derby

The community has come together since news of the fatal accident was reported Sunday to help the family pay funeral costs. 

As of this posting Monday evening a GoFundMe page had raised $46,561 toward a $50,000 goal. To donate, visit  https://gofund.me/65f03ef2

Derby Police seek information about fatal motorcycle accident

DERBY - The victim of a fatal motorcycle accident Wednesday is identified as a 16 year-old Oxford resident, police said today on the department's Facebook page.

Witness accounts, video surveillance, and physical evidence revealed the juvenile was operating the motorcycle in a reckless manner and was ejected after losing control.

He sustained significant injuries and was transported to Griffin Hospital where he was immediately pronounced deceased.

The juvenile did not have a driver’s license and the motorcycle was determined to be stolen, police said.

Anyone with any additional information is asked to call the Derby Police Department at (203) 735-7811.

Ansonia Police identify victim of fatal motorcycle accident

ANSONIA - The victim in the fatal motorcycle accident Sunday on East Main and Main Streets is Kevin Parham, 55, of Norwalk, formerly of Ansonia, police said today. 

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death to be blunt trauma and the manner to be accidental.

This is a press release from Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch.