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This woman hit a bicyclist, stopped, looked him over and left the scene. She first blamed the husband and later confessed. She ran down 5 people two years ago, killing 4 and she is already driving again!!

NAUGATUCK — A 30-year-old father is fighting for his life after being run over by a sport utility vehicle Tuesday in what police are calling a road rage incident. Anthony "T.J." Parente, a Naugatuck native who lives in Ansonia, was in a medically induced coma and listed in critical condition at Waterbury Hospital on Wednesday, a day after a Jeep Grand Cherokee ran over his chest as he lay on the side of the road, police said. Police originally thought Parente had just a leg injury because his internal injuries were not immediately apparent on Tuesday. Parente's family and friends,...

Assistant District Attorney John Norsetter said today he has not decided whether to retry a traffic homicide case that ended Wednesday night with a hung jury after 12 hours of deliberations. "I don't know," Norsetter said this morning when asked whether he will bring the case against Tracy Sorum, 30, of McFarland, back for a new trial. "We have to look at how the evidence came in in this trial and reflect on the likelihood there would be a significant positive change for the prosecution if we tried it again." Sorum was driving down Hope Road near his hometown of...