Merritt Parkway

NEW CANAAN, Conn. – The daughter of New Canaan High School football coach Lou Marinelli was critically injured in a car accident on the Merritt Parkway, Connecticut State Police said.

Anna Marinelli, 29, of Summit Ridge Road, was traveling north on the Merritt near Exit 36 at about 12:43 a.m. Sunday when, for an unknown reason, the Mini Cooper she was driving drifted to ...

WESTPORT, Conn. – The family of a Westchester County couple killed in 2007 by a fallen tree on the Merritt Parkway in Westport is suing the state of Connecticut for negligence and seeking at least $15 million in damages, The Hartford Courant reports.

Joseph Stavola, 46, and his wife, Jeanne Serocke-Stavola, 44, both of Pelham Manor, N.Y., were killed June 9, 2007, after a ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Two people died in a car crash on the Merritt Parkway near the Fairfield-Westport border Saturday morning.

Fairfield Fire Department crews responded to the area between exits 42 and 44 at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday. They found a single car in the grass along the northbound side of the highway, completely on fire. When the flames were put out, they ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — More than 268,000 homes are without power and the Merritt and Cross Parkways are closed to traffic Sunday morning as Hurricane Irene moves closer to Connecticut, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced from the State Armory in Hartford.

There is a statewide ban on tractor-trailers, Malloy said, urging residents to stay at home and off the roads. The ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — A man driving a car with Massachusetts plates was killed Thursday afternoon on the Merritt Parkway when a tree fell on his car, the Stamford Advocate reported. Two passengers were removed from the car and taken to the hospital, the Advocate quoted Matt Maounis, assistant chief of the Turn of River Company, as saying. The driver and passengers were not ...