Brandon Gmelin, who graduated in the Class of 2025 at Ridgefield High School, was a member of the high school’s lacrosse team and was named an All-FCIAC athlete in the spring.

Ridgefield High School was dealt a devastating blow. Brandon Gmelin, a member of the 2025 graduating class, was trying to ...

An 18-year-old from Ridgefield was killed in an accident involving a log splitter, according to police. The incident happened ...

His "warmth, kindness, and unwavering friendship touched the lives of many, and his loss will be felt deeply," officials from his school said.

The man was trying to move the log splitter that had been delivered for scheduled landscaping, officials said.

Brandon Gmelin, 18, of Ridgefield, Conn. died Wednesday evening in South Salem, N.Y. after being struck by a log splitter ...

Police say 18-year-old Brandon Gmelin of Connecticut was killed after a log splitter at a South Salem property rolled down a ...

A Ridgefield 18-year-old man has died after being struck by a log splitter Wednesday in New York, according to New York State ...

An 18-year-old Connecticut resident was killed Wednesday evening, July 16, in a tragic incident involving heavy landscaping ...