Car Deaths

At least 49 people have been killed in traffic accidents this year, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

The Connecticut Bond Commission approved $20 million for technology that might help curb a spike of wrong-way driver accidents on the state’s highways on Friday.

2022 could be among the deadliest years for pedestrians if trends continue.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article, “Connecticut’s roads are deadlier than ever. Figuring out why is complicated,” as part of the collaborative podcast, Long Story Short.

Last year, there were 326 traffic deaths statewide, which included drivers and passengers in cars, pedestrians, motorcyclists and bicyclists, and crashes at roadside work zones.

New regulations that require anti-drunk driving technology were included in the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill signed by President Joe Biden last month.

On Friday it will be three years since Benjamin Sietz, a 15-month-old boy, died after he was left in a sweltering car for an extended period of time in…