Darien Motor Vehicle Accidents 2024
Front of car not totally crushed

Luckiest Guy in Darien Walks Away After His Car Ends up in Five Mile River

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A driver going east on Tokeneke Road left the roadway just before 6 a.m. Saturday, crashing into Five Mile River. He was able to get out of the car and was uninjured, Police Chief Jeremiah Marron Jr. said in a news release. The Patrol Division of Darien Police Department is still investigating the accident and no further details will be released, Marron said. Police did not say whether the driver was charged with anything, and they didn’t say how the accident might have happened or whether air bags in the sedan inflated. Close to three months ago, two cars left Tokeneke Road and ended up in the river, resulting in the death of a 21-year-old Bridgeport man.

Darien Residential Burglaries 2024

Police: Burglar Drives Off in Stolen Car with a Stick Shift — Which May Have Been Tough for Him to Drive

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When police officers questioned one of the drivers involved in a traffic accident at 10:42 p.m. on Saturday, he wouldn’t identify himself, then he asked officers if they knew anything about “hydraulics” and pointed to the stick shift, and officers concluded he was having trouble using it, police said. The police account, which includes accusations not proven in court, indicates that the traffic accident may have been the least of what was going on that night. Police noticed the driver, Diamond Samuel, 24, was wearing hospital scrubs and a hospital bracelet. Asked where he was coming from, the Brooklyn resident pointed to a house on Lakeside Avenue. Police determined that the vehicle was owned by a resident there.