Wrong Way Driver Takes my Cousin

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Just be cautious, never know who your sharing the road with.
http://naugatuck.patch.com/articles/bea ... d-on-crash
A 24-year-old Beacon Falls man who was involved in a car accident on Route 8 in Naugatuck Saturday night has died.

William J. Baer Jr. was pronounced dead Sunday at Waterbury Hospital, according to the hospital’s nursing supervisor.

Baer was the driver of a car that was traveling in the southbound lane of Route 8 just north of Exit 27 in Naugatuck when it was struck head-on by a van. Police said the van’s driver, 35-year-old Edmundo Mendieta of New Haven, was driving the wrong way on the highway – he was headed northbound in the southbound lane.

Baer’s lone passenger, 22-year-old Sara Chmielewski of Stratford, was listed in critical condition at Waterbury Hospital as of Sunday afternoon.

Mendieta was taken to Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury and was listed in stable condition as of Sunday afternoon, according to nursing supervisor at that hospital.

Mendieta was operating a white 2003 Chevrolet van when it collided at 10 p.m. with a blue 2008 Honda Accord that Baer was driving.

A preliminary state police report did not indicate whether any of the three were wearing seatbelts.

No charges had been filed as of Sunday as the accident remains under investigation. A state police accident reconstruction team is expected to fully examine the details of the incident.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington will conduct an autopsy on Baer either Monday or Tuesday.
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photos can only be described as horrific; sorry for your loss.
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That is just tragic. I do feel for your loss. We had a good friend die in a similar accident several years ago; her husband was in a car next to her and saw the whole thing. I wish we could put the drive in theater style spike strips on all exit ramps to cut the tires of all wrong way drivers or something.
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Another unnecessary loss of life :cry: This type of incident has happened way too often in my neck of the woods. Just last month a car full of BGSU female students were happily on their way to Detroit metro airport for a spring break trip. They NEVER made it and three of the four young ladies were killed instantly from a wrong way driver on I-75 :evil: Then a couple weeks later on the same road, I-75, a female driver was going the wrong way BUT was caught and had the nerve to plead "no contest" when she was obviously guilty of driving the wrong way. Also a few years ago, some drunk man was traveling northbound on I-280 in the southbound lanes and took out a complete family of FIVE just before the Michigan state line. Will this ever end? Unfortunately NO. :x
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Sorry for you loss Adam :cry:
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So sorry for your loss of your cousin.

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Oh my. So sorry. My condolences to you and your family.
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(removed) Adam, that is horrible.
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Terribly sorry about your loss. Simply tragic. That crash is just... outlandish.
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Absolutely terrible -- I'm sorry for your loss. :(
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Truely Sad! God Bless your family.
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So sad. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Adam.
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I am very sorry for your loss..
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I am very sorry for your loss. I'm going to stick my neck out here - risking being accused of prejudice etc. - but here in Ohio I have seen a lot of problems of this sort with illegal immigrants. Some were just not familiar with our freeway system etc., others were intoxicated. The federal government does not seem too interested in directly addressing the problem. They opt to take the easy way out by pressuring anyone who happens to hire the illegals. Then the feds complain when the states try to fill the gap. This might not be the case here. Of course there are many other "wrong way" incidents with U.S. residents, drunk or sober.
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RIP

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Oh my. I am so sorry. My thoughts are prayers are with you and your family.
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My condolences to your family
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