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If You Were the Driver, or If You Have Information About This Accident, Darien Police Want to Talk to You

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Darien police are asking that anyone with information about an accident on High School Lane at about 2:25 p.m. last Friday, May 5, contact them to help with their investigation. The after-school accident involved a 17-year-old Darien High School girl who “suffered injuries, including scrapes and bruises” as she was crossing the street while westbound traffic was stopped or moving very slowly. “[T]he injuries to the pedestrian were not severe,” a police announcement said. As the girl walked toward the south, a vehicle believed to be a brown minivan drove west in the eastbound lane. The vehicle struck the teenager, knocking her to the ground.

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Woman Injured in Motor Vehicle Accident, Six Other Accidents in Darien Last Week

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A 56-year-old woman was injured in a traffic accident Tuesday, March 28 when she failed to grant the right of way to an oncoming vehicle and caused a collision, Darien police said. The accident, one of seven last week, took place at 4:06 p.m. at the intersection of Camp Avenue and Greenwood Avenue. The woman, a Stratford resident, received minor injuries and was taken to a hospital. She was ticketed for failure to yield while making a left turn. The other driver wasn’t injured.

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Pedestrian Struck, Receives Minor Injuries on Hollow Tree Ridge Road [UPDATE]

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Update, Feb. 9 — Darien police have released more information on a Jan. 30 traffic accident in which, police say, a New Canaan man turning from Hollow Tree Ridge Road onto West Avenue just before 5:40 a.m. struck a Darien woman. Police on Monday gave this further information, including accusations not proven in court:

It was still dark when the New Canaan driver, 51, was driving south on Hollow Tree Ridge Road when he turned his 2003 Acura MDX left onto West Avenue. He said he didn’t see the woman.

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Car Collision on Mansfield Ave Results in No Major Injuries, Except to a Utility Pole

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When a man driving a Ford Fusion was driving south on Mansfield Avenue at about 11 a.m. last Tuesday, Jan. 31, an SUV traveling north veered into his lane and struck it, but not before he started turning away — and struck a utility pole on the side of the road, police said. It had just started snowing, and police said the road was slippery. Darien police gave this account of the matter (including accusations against the other driver not proven in court):

The other driver, a Darien woman, 46, was driving a 2015 Acura MDX north on Mansfield Avenue, near its intersection with Fox Hill Lane when a vehicle in front of her stopped. She said she tried to stop, but when she braked her SUV, it started skidding, so she turned into the other lane to avoid an accident.