Traffic & Transit
Driver Facing DUI Charge After Parked Car Hit In Vernon: Police
A suspected drunken driver hit a parked car in Vernon over the holiday weekend and is now facing charges, police said.
VERNON, CT — Vernon police have made an arrest in connection with a vehicle ramming another on a local road over the Memorial Day weekend.
The driver of the offending vehicle, a 32-year-old Vernon man, has been charged with driving under the influence and was to appear in Rockville Superior Court Tuesday.
The crash took place just after 2 a.m. on May 25, police said. According to an arrest report, an erratic driver's car slammed into a parked vehicle at the northern end of East Street.
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When officers arrived at the scene, the driver was uncooperative and refused to take a field sobriety test, police said.
He was not hurt, but was taken from the scene in a police cruiser, according to a crash report.
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