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Friends, family try to cope with loss of Bridgeport teen to fiery car crash

Friends and relatives are still in disbelief that a Bridgeport teen?s life was cut short Wednesday in a fiery car crash. Police say 18-year-old Jonathan Franco was speeding on Old Newtown Road in Monroe

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Sep 22, 2006, 5:59 PM

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