13-Year-Old Driver Dies in Fiery Crash; Trump Holds Rally in Hartford; Elderly Man Killed in Accident: Hartford News of 2016

HARTFORD, CT — These are the top 10 most-read hyperlocal stories of the year for 2016 on Hartford Patch. Here is your local year in review, with the date the story was originally published.

• Teen Driver, 13, Dies in Fiery Hartford Crash; 15-Year-Old Passenger Suffers Burns: PD (8/25)
• Donald Trump Connecticut Rally: Trump Fires Up Supporters (4/15)
• Elderly Hartford Man Killed in Tragic Accident (10/31)
• Hartford Archdiocese Plan Could Merge or Shutter Nearly 100 Churches (12/23)
• Popular Hartford Pizzeria Building Catches Fire (8/26)
• Former Hartford Whaler Player Cited for Heroics (9/21)
• Off-Duty Hartford Firefighter Helps Save Woman From Attacking Dogs (8/18)
• Layoffs for State Workers as CT Legislature Works to Close Budget Gap (4/8)
• Boston Among Others Eyeing Aetna: Report (4/9)
• Hartford Police Rein In Man Who Took Horse Around North End (5/3)

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