Crime & Safety
New Canaan Man Charged with Fleeing Crash Scene: PD
The man crashed his vehicle and fled on foot, police said.

NEW CANAAN, CT—Officers arrested a New Canaan man after he fled a crash scene Oct. 5, according to police.
A head-on crash occurred between a moving vehicle and a parked vehicle on Park Place around 8 p.m.
The operator left the scene on foot. Brendan O'Rourke, 58, fled to his residence on Fairty Drive, police said.
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O'Rourke turned himself in Oct. 20 and was charged with evading responsibility and failure to drive right.
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