Authorities have verified the identify of the person engaged in a recent fatal pedestrian accident on Church Hill Road. Margaret Gillard, 88, has been named as the victim; she was struck on Saturday night while crossing the street.
According to officials, the implicated motorist stayed at the scene and is completely helping with continuous investigation. Legal actions against the driver have not been started yet. Standard procedures in such circumstances call for detailed evaluation of the events’ circumstances.
Updates going forward will be given as the inquiry advances.
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Tuesday night about five p.m., an accident involving a car crashing with an apartment block on North Taylor Avenue in Norwalk resulted in two people suffering injuries and three tenants being displaced from their house.
Emergency officials verified that while the other person was inside the house at the time of impact, one of the injured people was the driver of the vehicle. Though the crash is severe, none of the injuries received are thought to be life-threatening according to reports.
Three people from the impacted unit were evacuated following the incident since the structural damage made living dangerous. Local officials are still investigating the matter to find the reason and stop like incidents going forward.
