Fallen Branch

At about 5:50 pm on September 18, motorist Linda O’Sullivan, 48, of 10 Farmery Lane was driving a 2005 Honda CRV SUV northward near 5 Pole Bridge Road, when a tree branch fell and struck the vehicle’s front windshield and hood, damaging the vehicle, police report.

O’Sullivan was not injured. Police took no enforcement.

Evading Responsibility

Police report they received a call informing them that a motor vehicle accident had occurred at the intersection of Mile Hill Road South and Nunnawauk Road at about 5:14 pm on September 17 and that one of the drivers involved had left the scene of the crash.

A 28-year-old local man told police that his vehicle was struck by a man who was driving a red Chevrolet pickup truck, after which the truck’s driver drove away from the accident scene.

Police said they located the truck a short distance away and then attempted to stop it, but the male driver refused to stop.

Police said they then pursued the driver for a short distance, but then stopped the chase because it posed a significant risk to the public.

The fleeing driver’s identity was later confirmed as that of a 75-year-old Wolcott man whom police said they plan to arrest on a warrant listing multiple motor vehicle charges.

 

Mercedes Off Road

Police report that about 3:40 pm on September 15, motorist Marijo Smith-Foody, 64, of Newton, N.J., who was driving a 1998 Mercedes-Benz 320 station wagon on Berkshire Road, attempted to make a turn onto Jordan Hill Road, but struck a stop sign and some metal guardrailing, after which the vehicle went off the road and down an embankment.

Police said Smith-Foody was transported for hospital treatment of injuries. Police said they issued her a written warning for failure to drive to the right.

South Main Street

A two-vehicle accident occurred in front of 79 South Main Street at about 12:11 pm on September 13.

Police said that motorist Karen Blawie, 55, of 42 Walnut Tree Hill Road was driving a 2008 Toyota Prius northward on South Main Street, as motorist Emily Eisenberg, 19, of Westport, who was driving a 2003 Volkswagen Passat, was preparing to make a left turn onto southbound South Main Street from a commercial driveway.

The Volkswagen attempted to make the turn and then the two vehicles collided, police said.

Police said the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported Blawie to Danbury Hospital on a report of pain.

Police said they issued Eisenberg an unspecified motor vehicle infraction.

Hawleyville Accident

Police report that motorist Rakesh Vali, 44, of Seymour, who was driving a 2001 Toyota Sequoia SUV eastward on Mt Pleasant Road, stopped at a red traffic signal at that street’s intersection with Hawleyville Road at about 6 pm on September 12.

Eastbound motorist Julia Wasserman, 88, of 113 Walnut Tree Hill Road, who was driving a 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan SUV, then struck the rear end of the Toyota, police said.

There were no injuries. Police said they verbally warned Wasserman for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart.