Date: Fri 04-Oct-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

Quick Words:

police-fire-truck-collision

Full Text:

Driver Warned Following Fire Truck Collision

Police said this week they have concluded their investigation into an accident

between a fire truck and a sport utility vehicle in Sandy Hook Center on the

afternoon of August 23.

Police said they issued a written warning to fire truck driver Bill Shpunt,

40, of 80 Cedar Hill Road stating that he failed to slow or stop an emergency

vehicle, displaying its emergency lights and sounding its siren, when going

through a red traffic signal.

In the accident, the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company's rescue

truck collided with a Ford Explorer at the intersection of Riverside Road,

Washington Avenue, Church Hill Road and Glen Road.

At the time of the collision, the rescue truck was on its way to a motor

vehicle accident on eastbound Interstate-84, between Exits 11 and 12.

Police said the 1987 Ford fire truck was approaching the four-way intersection

from Riverside Road and the Ford Explorer, driven by Cynthia Tilson, 39, of 85

Alberts Hill Road, was approaching the intersection in the Explorer from

Washington Avenue before the collision occurred.

There were no injuries.