Crime & Safety
Two Senior Citizens Injured After Thursday Night Car Accident
Women, 82 and 71, were taken to local hospitals following head-on crash that closed Route 67 for hours.
Two senior citizens were taken to area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries after being involved in a on Route 67 at 7:26 p.m. Thursday.
Police stated in a news release that Dolores Kager, 82, was traveling southbound in the area of Old State Road #1 when it crossed the center line for an unknown reason and struck a vehicle driven by Penelope Yarrington, 71, head on.
Both women were transported by ambulance to area hospitals and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the release. Kager sustained a head injury, and Yarrington complained of dizziness and neck and back pain, police stated in the news release.
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Kager lives at 43 Greenbriar Road in Oxford. Yarrington lives at 471 Rimmon Hill Road in Beacon Falls.
Kager's 2000 Volvo S70 and Yarrington's 1996 Toyota Camry sustained heavy front-end damage and were towed from the scene.
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The accident remains under investigation, the report states.
Members of the Oxford Resident Trooper's Office, Oxford fire, Oxford ambulance and Beacon Falls ambulance responded.
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