Darien Driving While Intoxicated 2021
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Police: DUI for 31-Year-Old Darien Woman After Her Vehicle Strikes a Stone Wall

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After a vehicle driven by a 31-year-old Darien woman struck a stone wall on Hollow Tree Ridge Road, she was charged with driving while under the influence, police said. Darien police gave this account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

Police were called to the roadway outside 95 Hollow Tree Ridge Road at 1:15 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 7, where the vehicle had struck the stone wall at a sharp turn in the road. The police news release did not describe damage to the vehicle or to the wall or say whether or not the driver appeared to be injured. The driver, Allesandra Mossa, a resident of the same street, a bit north of Interstate 95, appeared confused and smelled of alcohol.

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Police: Hale Lane Resident, 80, Fatally ‘Struck by Her Own Vehicle’ — No One Else Seems To Be Involved

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Kathleen Fogarty, 80, of Hale Lane, was fatally struck by her own vehicle Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Middlesex Commons, Darien police announced. The news release from Police Chief Donald Anderson didn’t say how that happened, but it did say that no one else and no other vehicle seems to have been involved in the incident. Fogarty was the driver, according to the news release. Sometime before 4:26 p.m., the incident was reported to authorities. Fogarty was not alive when police and an ambulance crew arrived.

Darien Driving While Intoxicated 2021
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Police: DUI for Woman, 27, Who Left Scene After Her Car Strikes Another Vehicle

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A 27-year-old woman who was drinking before she started driving got into an accident after leaving a driveway onto the street near the intersection of Center Street and the Post Road, police said. She then drove away from the scene, police said. But an officer found her and charged her with driving while under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to grant right of way to another vehicle. Darien police gave this further account, including accusations not proven in court:

At 9:01 p.m. on Friday, July 2, police were called to the scene and were told that one of the vehicles had driven away. A description of the vehicle was given, and an officer in the area found it, stopping the driver, Lisbeth Hernandez of Wardwell Street in Stamford.