Bristol, CT

Officials believe the truck lost its brakes before crashing into the Pequabuck River. First responders entered the water and rescued the truck's two occupants.

Two people were seriously injured after a garbage truck crashed into the Pequabuck River in Bristol on Friday, police said. Police were called to the crash around 11:55 a.m. The initial response found that the garbage truck was traveling north on Willis Street when it continued through the parking lot of the Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School, crossed Memorial Boulevard and went into the Pequabuck River. The truck was reportedly on fire with two people inside. Both occupan

A moped rider was taken to the hospital after a crash in Bristol on Saturday. Police said the crash happened on Middle Street and involved a vehicle and a moped. The male moped rider was transported to the hospital to be treated for injuries, according to investigators. He is currently in stable condition. Middle Street was briefly closed in both directions between Enterprise Drive and Ronzo Road. It has since reopened.

A moped crash on Bristol's Middle Street has led to a road closure, Bristol police report. The moped operator was transported to a hospital for treatment.

Two local Little League teams went head-to-head in the Mid Atlantic Championship game to secure a spot in the Little League Baseball World Series. Wilmington, Delaware’s Naamans Little League and West Chester, Pennsylvania’s East Side League faced off in Bristol, Connecticut, on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. Pennsylvania won 3-1, moving onto the World Series. This is not the first time the two baseball teams have played against each other during the Championship. Their first

A 24-year-old Bristol man was arrested and is accused of stabbing a man in the parking lot of a Southington bar over the weekend, leaving the man hospitalized, police said. Officers responded to the Groggy Frogg on Center Street around 12:11 a.m. on Saturday after receiving a report of a fight in the parking lot that resulted in a man being stabbed, according to police. Police said the 24-year-old man was involved in an altercation with several other people and assaulted a 41-yea

According to the Eversource Website, over 4,000 people are still without power after the thunderstorms Friday night. They say over 1,200 of those outages are in Greenwich with 386 being reported in Norwalk and 376 in Bristol as of 2 p.m. There was also damage reported across the state, including in Ellington where police say tree limbs fell on power lines and left several people without power. If you are experiencing an outage or would like to see the status of an outage in th