DUI Driver Flees Crash Scene, Crashes In Driveway: North Haven PD

NORTH HAVEN, CT — A North Haven man was arrested Thursday for operating under the influence and leaving the scene of a crash last month, according to police.

While North Haven Police were responding to a crash in the 50 block of State Street in December, officers found another accident on their way. That crash involved two vehicles with injured occupants, according to police.

Officers checking on the injured occupants were told that a gray sedan had fled the scene of the accident. Additional officers who responded to the 50 block of State Street for the initial reported crash found the gray sedan that matched the description of the fleeing vehicle, “crashed into multiple vehicles in a residential driveway,” according to police.

Police said the driver attempted to flee but was found by officers. He was taken to the hospital for his injuries, according to police.

Salvatore Vanacore, 44, of North Haven, was arrested on a warrant and charged with operating under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, no insurance, operating under suspension, evading responsibility and failure to drive in proper lane. He is being held on a $75,000 bond.