Easton Road Car Accident Slows Early Morning Commute

Just before 8:00 AM, first responders were dispatched to the area of 65 Easton Road for the report of the medical emergency. Upon their arrival, they found it was a two-car accident and subsequently shut down the roadway for a short time. No information has been released on the extent of injuries or what caused the accident.

I-95 Work Zone Accident Sends Multiple Patients to Hospital

Westport Fire Department Photo. 

A motor vehicle accident with injuries was reported at 2:00 PM this afternoon on I-95 in the southbound lanes, north of exit 16. Arriving first responders found “an accident involving a sedan, a box truck, and a DOT truck” according to the Westport Fire Department’s social media release. Patients were transported to the hospital by Westport EMS and Norwalk Hospital EMS. No information on what caused the accident has been released.

One to Hospital after Cob Drive Car Accident

First responders were dispatched to Cob Drive around 2:30 today for the report of the motor vehicle accident with injuries. Only one vehicle was involved after it lost control striking a utility pole on the residential street. No cause for the accident or extent of injuries has been released. The Westport Police Department were on-scene investigating.

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.