South Main Accident

Police report motorist Ismail Sezer, 43, of Ronkonkoma, NY, who was driving a 1997 Volvo truck northbound on South Main Street February 7, encountered a northbound 1988 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck waiting to turn left onto Cedar Hill Road. Joseph H. Rant, 43, of 41 Skidmore Lane, Sandy Hook, was driving the Chevrolet, police said.

Sezer swerved to avoid the Chevrolet, but struck it, police said. The Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported Rant to Danbury Hospital for treatment. Police issued Sezer an infraction ticket on a charge of following too closely.