Photos from the issue dated March 16, 2012

Photos from the editorial files of The Newtown Bee. Browse through and/or purchase the photos that appeared in this week's print edition. Often there are more photos here than were in the print edition, so don't be surprised to find some extra photos in here that you haven't seen in The Newtown Bee.

Police said that motorist John A. Pantan, 64, of 28 Old Hawleyville Road was driving a green 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible eastward near 151 Mt Pleasant Road (Route 6) at about 1:24 pm on March 7, when the vehicle experienced mechanical problems and then traveled off the right side of the road, striking some curbing and then hitting a tree. Police said Pantan told them that the auto lost power as he was driving, resulting in the accident. Pantan was transported by ambulance to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries following the crash. Hawleyville firefighters responded to the accident. Police said that after investigating the incident, they issued Pantan a misdemeanor summons on charges of misuse of a marker plate, driving an unregistered vehicle, and making a restricted turn. —Bee Photo, Gorosko

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Police said that motorist John A. Pantan, 64, of 28 Old Hawleyville Road was driving a green 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible eastward near 151 Mt Pleasant Road (Route 6) at about 1:24 pm on March 7, when the vehicle experienced mechanical problems and then traveled off the right side of the road, striking some curbing and then hitting a tree. Police said Pantan told them that the auto lost power as he was driving, resulting in the accident. Pantan was transported by ambulance to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries following the crash. Hawleyville firefighters responded to the accident. Police said that after investigating the incident, they issued Pantan a misdemeanor summons on charges of misuse of a marker plate, driving an unregistered vehicle, and making a restricted turn. —Bee Photo, Gorosko

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