Jogger Struck By DUI Driver: Fairfield Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — A jogger was seriously injured after being struck by a DUI driver early Tuesday morning in Fairfield, according to police. At about 5:45 a.m. on Jan. 16, Fairfield Police responded to a report of a pedestrian struck on 2900 Burr Street.

Lt. Robert Kalamaras said preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle traveling northbound on Burr Street collided with a pedestrian who was jogging southbound in the northbound lane. The jogger, identified by police as Andrew Lewis, 56, of Fairfield, was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to Kalamaras. The operator and sole occupant of the vehicle, Nina F. Engstrom, wasn’t injured.

While on the scene, police had reason to believe that Engstrom was operating her vehicle impaired, Kalamaras said.

Engstrom was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and failure to grant right-of-way to a pedestrian.

The case is currently under investigation by the Crash Reconstruction Unit.

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