Photos for the week ending October 2, 2009

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September 26, 2009: The proprietors of Club NewFit on Commerce Road, Tom and Penny Tavar stand among the facility’s array of exercise equipment during the club’s grand opening. Andy Gorosko will have a story about the club’s recent renovations and its celebration in an upcoming issue of The Newtown Bee. (Bee Photo, Gorosko)

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$September 27, 2009: Motorist Luciana Pugliese, 17, of Brookfield was driving a 1999 Volkswagen Pas-sat northward near 90 South Main Street on wet pavement about 1:57 pm Sunday afternoon, when she lost control of the auto and then skidded sideways into an embankment along the right road shoulder, police said. The driver’s side of the sedan then collided with a utility pole. Botsford and Hook & Ladder firefighters went to the accident to extricate the driver from the heavily damaged car. Ambulance vol-unteers transported Miss Pugliese to Danbury Hospital for treatment of leg injuries. She was also is-sued an infraction for driving with unsafe tires. (Botsford Fire Rescue photo)$
$September 27, 2009: Sandy Hook firefighters, as well as ambulance volunteers and police, responded about 3:16 pm Sunday afternoon to the scene of a one-vehicle accident on westbound Berkshire Road (Route 34) near its intersection with Sherman Street. Steven Rawson, 39, of Warwick, R.I., was driving a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan minivan, which was carrying three Rawson children as passengers, when he lost control of the vehicle on the wet roadway and then went up an embankment, after which the vehicle rolled over several times. Steven Rawson, as well as the Rawson children, Thomas, 12; Hunter, 7; and Caitlen, 5, all were treated at the scene and then transported to Danbury Hospital. Police Mr Rawson an infraction ticket on charges of traveling too fast for conditions, making a restricted turn, failure to carry an automotive insurance identification card, and failure to secure a child in a child-restraint system. (Bee Photo, Hicks)$