Attached is the press release relative to the above subject matter and the
status of the investigation to date.
(See attached file: Fatal Accident Lake Avenue at Rockwood Lane)
Lieutenant Daniel Allen
Greenwich Police Department
Public Information Officer
11Bruce Place
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel. 203-618-8819
Fax 203-618-8852
PRESS RELEASE:
At 6:13am on Monday September 14, 2009, the Greenwich Police Department received a call about a car parked in the front yard of the residence on Lake Avenue near the intersection of Rockwood Lane.
Upon police arrival at the scene, it was determined that the car in fact had been involved in a one-vehicle crash and had come to rest approximately 50 feet west of the roadway among a stand of trees.
The operator and sole occupant died on impact due to significant injuries sustained in the collision.
An investigator from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene. The Greenwich Fire Department extricated the operator from the vehicle who was subsequently transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy and a determination as to the exact cause of death.
The crash remains under investigation by the Traffic Section Crash Reconstruction Unit
The deceased is identified as:
Robert E. Risman
70 Hunting Ridge Road
Greenwich, CT 06831
DOB 8/31/60
At the conclusion of the investigation additional information will become available, as to the chain of events that led to this tragic event.
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