Wrong-Way Driver Collides With CT Police Cruiser Head-On

State police cruiser struck by wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Litchfield
State police allege that the driver slowed down but did not stop and instead tried to maneuver around the trooper, causing a collision.
DASH CAM VIDEO: Elderly wrong-way driver crashes into state police cruiser on Route 8
A Connecticut State Police trooper was struck by a wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Harwinton early Friday morning.
Wrong-Way Driver Collides With CT Police Cruiser Head-On: Cops
An 85-year-old man crashed into a police car while driving the wrong way on a highway in Connecticut, authorities said. Gerald Lapointe, of Florence, Massachusetts, was cited after he crashed into a Connecticut State Police car in Harwinton in Litchfield County just after midnight on Friday,
Wrong-way driver hits CT trooper's cruiser on Route 8 in Harwinton, police say
An 85-year-old Massachusetts man going the wrong way on Route 8 in Harwinton reportedly hit a Connecticut State Police cruiser early Friday, police said.
VIDEO: Trooper struck by wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Harwinton
A trooper was struck by a wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Harwinton Friday, state police said. According to state police, at 12:04 a.m., Troop L received multiple calls reporting a wrong-way driver traveling southbound in northbound lanes near Exit 42.
Police: State trooper struck by wrong-way driver on Route 8
A trooper driving north saw the vehicle, driven by Gerald Lapointe of Florence, Massachusetts, approach their vehicle just south of Exit 44.

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