Photos from the issue dated January 18, 2013
A two-vehicle accident occurred about 3:52 pm on January 11 on Mt Pleasant Road in Hawleyville. It resulted in three people being transported to Danbury Hospital to be checked for injuries, police said. Police said motorist Leonard Castilla Rivera, 56, of Danbury was driving a 1997 Subaru Impreza station wagon westward on Mt Pleasant Road, as motorist Richard Orr, 84, of 39 Copper Creek Circle was driving a 2011 Buick Regal sedan southward on the driveway of an office building 172 Mt Pleasant Road. When the Buick attempted to enter Mt Pleasant Road, the two vehicles collided, police said. Police said that Rivera and Subaru passenger Ivan Acosta, 44, of Danbury, as well as Buick passenger Elfriede Orr, 89, of 39 Copper Creek Circle all were transported by the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Danbury Hospital. Hawleyville firefighters responded to the accident. Police said they issued Richard Orr an infraction for failure to grant the right of way. Police said they gave Rivera an infraction for driving without a license. (Gorosko photo)
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