Pomfret

A sinkhole has closed part of Route 169 in Pomfret and it will remain closed until further notice. Town officials said a large sinkhole opened up on Needles Eye Road at the intersection with Route 169 on Monday. While investigating, the town said they found extensive undermining of the road. “Additional examination of the structure is needed to determine how…

On Tuesday evening a truck transporting manure rolled over at the intersection Deerfield Road and Brayman Hollow Road in Pomfret. “I heard bang, like bang bang, loud, metal,” said Ann Bedard, whose house is on the intersection. “I went, ‘Oh geez, oh my gosh, the truck was upside down.’ You literally see tires, and it was still king of like…

On Tuesday evening, people on Brayman Hollow Road were confronted with flooded yards – but it wasn’t water that was flowing.

A man who is accused of causing a crash in Pomfret that killed a woman in October has been arrested. State police have arrested 35-year-old Ian Gillis, of Griswold, after investigating the crash on Oct. 9. He was driving a 1967 Triumph GT6  and hit a tree on Route 169 just before 8:30 p.m. that evening, according to police. The…

A truck rolled over and ended up in front of a home in Pomfret on Tuesday night. State police said the truck overturned on Deerfield Road near Brayman Hollow Road around 6 p.m. In a photo provided by the Pomfret fire chief, it appears the truck was carrying a liquid and it spilled when the vehicle overturned. Investigators did not…

Firefighters helped rescue a horse that was stuck in the snow in Pomfret on Tuesday evening, with help from staff from a nearby school. Members of the Pomfret Volunteer Fire Department were called to a home on Pomfret Street just before 6:30 p.m. to help the owner of the horse that was stuck and they quickly realized that the equipment…

A woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a classic car crashed along Route 169 in Pomfret on Monday night. State police said the driver of a 1967 Triumph GT6 went off the road and hit a guardrail, a traffic sign and then a tree before going down an embankment around 8:24 p.m. on Monday. The driver…