Dodge Vs Ford

Police report a two-car accident about 12:02 am July 21, which sent four people to the hospital to be treated for injuries. The collision occurred in wet conditions near 22 Botsford Hill Road, in the area where the Housatonic Railroad’s rail bridge crosses above Botsford Hill Road.

Police said motorist Annemarie Schriever, 20, of 6 Bayberry Drive was driving a 1998 Dodge Neon sedan southward on Botsford Hill Road, as motorist Jeffrey Budnik, 31, of Danbury was driving a 1994 Ford Escort sedan northward there.

The Dodge then failed to negotiate a turn in the road and collided with the Ford, which had approached the turn from the opposite direction, police said. The Dodge’s driver told them the vehicle had skidded on the wet road, police said.

Ambulance volunteers transported Annemarie Schriever and passenger Emily Schriever, 16, of the same address, to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries, police said. Ambulance staffers also transported Budnik and passenger Leonel Villavicencio, 31, of Danbury to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries.

Botsford firefighters went to the accident. Police issued Annemarie Schriever an infraction ticket for traveling too fast for conditions.

 

Meadow Brook Crash

Motorist Slavica L. Prevelige, 46, of Easton was driving a 2006 Honda Pilot SUV eastward on Meadow Brook Road, near its intersection with South Main Street, about 12:49 pm July 20, when she briefly took her eyes of the road and then drove off the pavement, police said.

The Honda hit a tree stump and some bushes. Ambulance volunteers transported Prevelige to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries, police said.

Police said they verbally warned Prevelige for traveling too fast for conditions and for distracted driving.

Fire Truck Accident

At about 9:11 pm July 22, a Botsford Fire Rescue 1987 Pierce-Arrow fire truck, which was driven by Andrew White, 20, of 60 Castle Meadow Road, was parked parallel to an unoccupied 2006 Lincoln Mark LT pickup truck in the rear parking lot at Waterfall Plaza at 255 South Main Street, police said.

As the fire truck was exiting its parking space, it collided with the pickup truck, damaging the pickup truck, police said. There were no injuries or enforcement actions, police said.

Honda Vs Honda

Motorist Marlene Ruiz, 70, of Bethel, who was driving a 2006 Honda Accord sedan eastward on Mt Pleasant Road about 3:42 pm July 21, stopped in preparing to make a left turn into the driveway at 166 Mt Pleasant Road, police said.

Eastbound motorist Sarah Bassett, 17, of Monroe, who was driving a 1997 Honda Accord sedan, then struck the rear end of the Honda which Ruiz was driving, police said.

There were no injuries. Police issued Bassett a written warning for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart.