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06-Fairfield First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick
07-Check Presentation
05-Fairfield Police Lieutenant Mike Paris
04-Chris Iodice
03-CT Senator Richard Blumenthal
02-Fairfield Fire Chief McCarthy
01-Fairfield Fire Lieutenant Bob Smith
Fairfield Fire and Police Press Conference
August 1, 2022: Fairfield’s First Responders and CT Senator Richard Blumenthal gathered to raise awareness about Slow Down. Move Over.
Senator Blumenthal announced that he and IN Senator Mike Braun would introduce a resolution to the US Senate in honor of Corey Iodice which would press for stronger SDMO law penalties and propose a national SDMO day.
Fairfield First Responders presented Flagman with a donation to further the national initiative.
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13-Senator Richard Blumenthal closing remarks
12-Fran Mayko AAA Northeast
11-Bob Garguilo MADD Regional Executive Director New England
10-David Ferraro CONNDOT
09-Lou Mason Midtown Autobody, TRPC
08-Terri Thompson, Chairperson Greater Hartford Traffic Incident Management
07-Travis Woodward CONNDOT
06-Carl Chisem, President of CT Employees Union
05-Chris Iodice
04-New Haven Fire Chief John Alston
03-New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson
02-CT Senator Richard Blumenthal
01-New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker
New Haven CT Police Department
August 11, 2022: New Haven CT First Responders, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, CT Senator Richard Blumenthal, Flagman advocates (AAA, DOT MADD, CRCOG), and Chris Iodice held a press conference to raise awareness with the driving public about the importance of Slowing Down and Moving Over for all highway safety workers.
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08_HAAS Alert Tom Parbs
07-David Ferraro CONNDOT
06-Jay Lynk
05-AAA NE Fran Mayko
04_Fairfield Fire Chief Denis McCarthy
03-Chris Iodice
02-CT Senator Richard Blumenthal
01-Cindy Iodice
Post Sentencing Press Conference
June 2, 2022: A Connecticut court applied CT’s Slow Down. Move Over. Law, in the death of CT tow operator Corey Iodice, for the first time since it was enacted in 2009.
After this historic sentencing, Cindy Iodice, founder of Flagman, held a press conference with CT Senator Richard Blumenthal and key Flagman advocates (AAA, MADD, HAAS Alert, DOT) to push for stronger SDMO laws and public education.
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Senate Commerce Committee Hearing
May 3, 2022: CT Senator Richard Blumenthal speaks to US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttgieg regarding the tragic and avoidable loss of Corey Iodice who was struck and killed while assisting a disabled motorist on April 22, 2020 by a driver who failed to slow down and move over.
Senator Blumenthal pressed Secretary Buttigieg about what the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration could do to elevate public awareness.
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A memorial tow truck parade will be one of the ways to honor Corey John Iodice, who was killed on the Merrritt Parkway one week ago.
Dean Robert, 48 of Weston was sentenced at Bridgeport Superior Court for hitting and killing Corey Iodice, 58 of Florida on the Merritt Parkway in 2020.
BRIDGEPORT — A Weston man was sentenced Thursday to four and a half years in prison for driving drunk and killing a tow truck operator who was loading a disabled car onto a flatbed on the Merritt Parkway two years ago.
Police said the Weston man struck and killed a tow truck driver assisting a motorist whose vehicle had broken down on the Merritt Parkway.
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