Driver Suffers Medical Problem, Hits Utility Pole, Tree in Westport

Emergency personnel responded to 48 Whitney Street at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday on a report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries.

Responding officers found that a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer that was traveling eastbound on Whitney Street had crossed into the westbound lane and struck a utility pole and a tree, Lieutenant John Pitoniak said. The vehicle was wedged between the pole and the tree when officers arrived.

The operator and lone occupant of the vehicle was treated at the scene by Westport EMS and transported to Norwalk Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Pitoniak said.

CL&P responded to the scene and disabled the power while the vehicle was removed.

“It was determined that the operator of the vehicle suffered a medical episode prior to the accident,” Pitoniak said.

The Westport Police Patrol Division is investigating the accident.  

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