Driver hospitalized as precaution after vehicle hits pole, crashes into CT river

Driver hospitalized as precaution after vehicle hits pole, crashes into CT river

One person was taken to a hospital on Sunday when the vehicle they were driving hit a pole and went off the road into a river in West Haven. Officers responded to a report of the single-vehicle crash on Spring Street in the area between Front Avenue and the New Haven town line around 6 p.m., according to the West Haven Police Department. Responding officers found that a driver hit a utility pole and then veered off the road and into a small rive…

Woman charged after vehicle driven into river in Chatham

Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: A woman has been charged after a vehicle ended up in the water near a boat launch in Chatham. Chatham-Kent police say officers responded to a report of a vehicle in the river near Kingsway Drive at about 9:49 p.m. on Dec. 26, 2025. Police determined that a single occupant had driven the vehicle down the boat launch and into the water. Emergency services, including fire crews and EMS, attended the sce…