Crime & Safety
Wolcott Man Charged With Injuring Cromwell Woman In Southington Hit-And-Run
According to Southington police, the 28-year-old man was driving a pickup truck that struck a woman exiting a parked vehicle.
SOUTHINGTON, CT — A Wolcott man was charged last week in connection with a hit-and-run accident involving a pickup truck and a pedestrian that badly hurt a 22-year-old Cromwell woman last April.
According to the Southington Police Department, which announced the Sept. 22 arrest Tuesday, Nicholas Gothberg, 28, of Heritage Court, Wolcott was charged with: Second-degree assault; evading responsibility; reckless driving; failure to drive right; operating a motor vehicle while using a handheld device; failure to use due care to avoid a pedestrian; two counts of failure to obey a stop sign; failure to wear a seat belt; and speeding.
He was arrested and released on $100,000 bond and is slated to appear in New Britain Superior Court Oct. 3.
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Police said the incident happened in the area of Bristol Street at George Street at about 10:06 p.m. on April 27.
According to police, officers were called to that area for a report of a car versus pedestrian, with the vehicle involved reported as possibly evading the scene.
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Officers on arrival spotted the 22-year-old woman lying in the roadway just outside her parked vehicle, police said.
She had suffered serious injuries and was rushed to Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford for treatment.
According to police, the woman was exiting the driver's side of her vehicle when a pickup truck, traveling south, struck her and her vehicle.
"The pickup truck then fled the scene by continuing southbound on Bristol Street at a high rate of speed," Southington police wrote in a statement.
On April 29, police said they located the vehicle responsible for the crash. At that time, the victim's condition had improved to "stable," but she remained in intensive care at that time.
In the latest update on the case, police said Gothberg turned himself in to Southington police after learning of an active warrant for his arrest.
According to police, the Southington Accident Investigation Team identified Gothberg as the owner and operator of a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado pickup that hit the woman and then fled.
From April 29: 'Southington Hit-And-Run Victim 'Improves,' Vehicle Confiscated'
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