Out-Of-Control Sedan Crashes Into Sandy Hook Warehouse

By Andrew Gorosko

A Danbury man, who was driving a sedan about 9 am Tuesday, December 27, attempted to make a left turn from southbound Toddy Hill Road onto eastbound Turnberry Lane, but inadvertently went off the left shoulder of Turnberry Lane.

The sedan then traveled across a lawn before plunging down a steep embankment and crashing into the southwest corner of Curtis Packaging Corp’s massive warehouse at 44 Berkshire Road, police said.

The 2002 Volvo S-60 sedan driven by Bradford C. Brown, 45, traveled about 150 feet after leaving Turnberry Lane before hitting the masonry wall of the warehouse, which was punctured by the blunt force impact of the crash.

The town’s building inspector went to the scene to check the structural safety of the warehouse.

Police said Brown received an abrasion in the accident but refused medical attention.

Sandy Hook volunteer firefighters responded to the incident and cleaned up spilled automotive fluids after the wrecked auto was removed from the accident scene.

Police said that Curtis Packaging workers told them they saw the man who was driving the sedan that hit the building take a backpack from the vehicle and then flee the scene. The workers described the driver to police.

Police brought their German shepherd, Baro, to the area in seeking to track the driver.

Police said they later located a man matching the description of the fleeing driver at a nearby business at 10 Turnberry Lane, where he was apprehended.

Police said that when they found Brown there, he admitted to having driven the Volvo that had crashed into the warehouse.

Police transported Brown to the police station where they charged him with evading responsibility and with making a restricted turn.

Brown was released on $500 bail for a January 10 arraignment at Danbury Superior Court.