Train derailment:
Train service in Connecticut is disrupted by an accident near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line. One train derailed and struck a train headed the opposite direction. Cars of the second train also derailed. Amtrak, which uses the Metro North tracks, suspended service between Boston and New York indefinitely because of the accident.
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Workers Injured At Health Center Building Renovation
Five construction workers working on renovations at a lab building at the University of Connecticut Health Center were taken to the Emergency Department at Dempsey Hospital after the partial collapse of the area they working on. Four of the five had been released by 6:30 p.m.
Drug Lab Chemist Pleads Not Guilty
A former Massachusetts drug lab chemist at the center of a scandal that threatens to unravel thousands of criminal cases pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges including perjury and evidence tampering.
Yale Increases Safety Training After Student’s Death
Yale University has stepped up its safety training after a student was killed last week inside a school chemistry lab when her hair was pulled into a piece of machine-shop equipment.
