Update: MTA Police Confirm One Dead after Leaving Train Traveling Between Westport and East Norwalk Stations
After an incident that stopped railway service between East Norwalk and Greens Farms Station this afternoon, the MTA has released information that describes one individual was killed after leaving a train car while it was traveling between the Westport and East Norwalk Stations.
Press Release, MTA Spokesman Aaron Donovan: The MTA Police are investigating a report that a 45-year-old male left a westbound Metro-North train at approximately 11:27 a.m. as the train was traveling between Westport and East Norwalk. The individual was pronounced deceased.
Metro-North service is suspended between South Norwalk and Southport. [now restored].
The train, carrying 150 passengers, was the scheduled 10:38 a.m. departure from New Haven, due into Grand Central at 12:50 p.m. As of 12:45 p.m., those customers have been transferred to another train.
Update, 2:11 p.m.
Metro-North service will resume on the New Haven Line at Green's Farms, Westport and East Norwalk beginning with the 1:18 PM train departing New Haven and the 1:03 PM train departing Grand Central Terminal.
Metro North Service Restored after an Hour of Delay
Update: MTA Police Department confirm that one person was confirmed deceased after they left a moving train car, providing this statement.
Metro North service was restored this afternoon after an unknown issue caused the trains to stop running between East Norwalk, Westport, and Greens Farms Stations, according to the MTA. The service was paused in the area around noon, with stopped trains visible from the West End Avenue neighborhoods.
MTA announced that the railway traffic would resume to East Norwalk, Westport, and Greens Farms stations “beginning with the 1:18 PM train departing New Haven and the 1:03 PM train departing Grand Central Terminal.” Westport Police and MTA Police departments were on scene.
No cause for the delay has been made available.
Traffic Continues: Car Accident on Merritt Parkway Slows Southbound Movement
A car accident with multiple patients was reported around 5:45 today as first responders made their way to the southbound scene, north of exit 42. No word on injuries or what caused the accident.
This continues a day filled with heavy traffic in the local area, with I-95 and local streets all feeling the effects of more motorists getting behind the wheel.
Car Accident Shuts Down North Compo Road from Evergreen Avenue to Main Street
A single vehicle car accident was reported around 11:15 this morning in the area of Compo Road North and Evergreen Avenue.
Police, fire, EMS, towing, and Eversource personnel responded to the area - requiring Compo Road North to be closed down between Evergreen Avenue and Main Street. No word on injuries or the cause of the accident.
The road was re-opened shortly before 1:00 PM.
Car Crash Closes Route 1; Knocks out Power to Area
A single motor vehicle accident was reported around 9:30 PM directly in front of Westport Fire Department Headquarters. A utility pole was involved, shutting down power to the immediate area while Eversource crews responded to the area. Post Road East, between Hillspoint Road and Compo Roads, was shut down while crews worked at the scene to restore power and remove the vehicle.
No word on injuries or what caused the accident.
The road was reopened shortly after 11:00 PM.
Route 1 Accident Slows Morning Commute at Roseville Road
A car accident this morning at the intersection of Post Road East and Roseville Road slowed the morning commute as responders made their way to the scene for evaluation of the collision.
No word on what caused the accident or if there are any injuries.
Parkway Traffic Slowed after Afternoon Accident
A 2:30 accident on the Merritt Parkway between exits 42 and 44 slowed northbound traffic this afternoon. No word on injuries or the cause of the accident. Traffic was crawling from Norwalk through Fairfield.
Police Chase, followed by Two Separate Car Accidents, Slow I-95 Saturday Night
Just after 11:00 PM Saturday night, a police pursuit involving Bridgeport and Connecticut State Police passed through Westport on I-95 southbound. Shortly thereafter, the vehicle being pursued - a white Nissan Maxima driven by suspects in a Bridgeport shots fired call - switched directions and got back onto I-95 northbound, passing through Westport again, until the chase ended in the Town of Fairfield at Exit 25 just after 11:00 PM Saturday night. Doingitlocal.com reported from the scene that several were in custody.
At around 11:45 PM, first responders were dispatched to I-95 Northbound between exits 17 and 18 for the report of the multiple vehicle accident with injuries (pictured above from the Hales Road overpass).
10 minutes later, While responders were on-scene at the first accident, a second car accident was reported just over one mile down the highway, between exits 18 and 19.
Both accidents were not connected to each other, or to the car chase a short time earlier. However, all three events wreaked havoc on the late night traffic - which was at a standstill due to the pictured car accident that brought the highway down to a single lane.
There is no word on injuries from either accident.
Another Northbound I-95 Accident, Exits 17-18
After a 7:15 PM call for emergency service, responders are en route to another car accident on I-95 in the northbound lanes, north of exit 18. No word on injuries or extent of the accident. Expect delays.
I-95 Accident Slows Traffic Northbound, North of Exit 17
First responders were dispatched just after 7:00 PM tonight to I-95 for the motor vehicle accident with injuries. No word on injuries or what caused the accident.