MILFORD, Conn. — The East Haven Police Department, Inspector General's office and Connecticut State Police are working together after an arrest was made near an off-ramp on Interstate 95 in Milford regarding a wanted suspect.
Police also responded to the scene of a crash on Plains Rd. near the Southbound on-ramp in relation to the same incident.
Both the north and southbound sides of the highways were closed on Thursday morning as police were searching for evidence. The on and off-ramps were also closed for hours during the investigation. All lanes and ramps are now back open.
The Inspector General is taking over the investigation and a source close to it says that's because there were shots fired at the scene. However, police said nobody was injured.
Nicholas Gambardella was charged with on Monday following his release from the hospital:
- Failure to Appear in the First Degree
- Failure to Appear in the First Degree
- Failure to Appear in the First Degree
- Failure to Appear in the Second Degree
Gambardella was released on a total of $151,500 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 18.
FOX61 caught up with an eyewitness who found herself stuck in the middle of the police chase on 95 on Thursday morning.
"It was pretty terrifying because there was like nowhere to go. You couldn't take cover. you were just stuck in the middle of it," said Chanelle Goldson of New Haven.
Goldson was on her way to work when suddenly, she felt cars zipping by her on the highway.
"I look and there's this white car just zooming. I'm like, they're going to hit me. And he almost did hit me and I swerved, almost hitting a truck and then the truck swerved to avoid an accident," Goldson said.
Goldson said it was a scary situation because a lot of drivers were confused and felt helpless during the whole thing.
"You had cop cars coming from the right, from the left, some even coming in the center so, it was just scary and then they blocked traffic and they were actually getting out of their cars and running over. So, it was like you didn't know what to do in the moment," Goldson said.
Now, though, she's feeling lucky that everyone made it out of the situation safely, including the police.
"Not only myself, but everyone who was on the highway. It was a full-packed highway," Goldson said.
Julia LeBlanc is a reporter at FOX61 News. She can be reached at jleblanc@fox61.com Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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