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Driver Was On Drugs During Fatal Crash That Killed Fairfield County Mother, 2 Kids: Police
Authorities said a Connecticut man was on drugs and nodding off when he lost control of a fully loaded commercial truck and crashed into a car earlier this year, killing a woman and two young children.
New Haven County resident William Kundert, age 42, of Oxford, was arrested and charged with multiple felonies in the Feb. 4 crash in Beacon Falls, Connecticut State Police said.
Riquelme Alves Brito, 3, Laura Alves Brito, 6, and their mother Andreas De Brito-Alves, age 26, of Bridgeport, were killed in the crash, police said.
New Haven County resident Thiago Perei…
New Canaan Man Who Crashed Into Fence Under Influence Of Alcohol, Drugs, Darien PD Says
A driver in Fairfield County allegedly under the influence of drugs swerved to avoid a cat in the roadway, losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a fence, police said.
Officers from the Darien Police Department were dispatched to a stretch of St. Nichols Road shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, where there was a report of a one-car crash where a vehicle left the roadway and came to a rest after striking a fence.
According to police, officers made contact with the driver, New Canaan resident Daniel Snelwar, 46, told first responders that he swerved to avoid a cat, causing h…