Stamford Police Continue Search for Driver in Double Fatal Crash

The Stamford Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad is continuing their search for the driver of a car that caused a motor vehicle crash that left two people dead on Friday night.

Squad Sgt. Andrew Gallagher that Anthony Andriulli, 73, and his wife Judith, 70, were traveling westbound on West Main Street in their BMW station wagon when it was struck by a 2002 Nissan Altima whose driver was “traveling at a high rate of speed, southbound on Alvord Lane,” ran a red light and slammed into the Andriullis’ car. The crash occurred at 8:37 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7.

The passenger of the Nissan, Henry Nixon, 50, of Stamford, was “thrown from the vehicle onto the street and fatally injured,” Gallagher said. Nixon, who owned the NIssan, was not wearing a seat belt, Gallagher said.

The Stamford Fire Department had to use the Jaws of Life to extricate Judith Andriulli from the vehicle, according to Gallagher. She died seven hours later at Stamford Hospital where her husband remains hospitalized with multiple fractures, Gallagher said. The couple was returning to their Cos Cob home after having dinner out. Gallagher would not say where the couple had dined.

The driver of the Nissan, described as a black woman about five-foot-five wearing a gray sweatshirt and dungarees, fled on foot towards the Old Greenwich border.

“We’re working very hard on the investigation. … My primary concern is tracking down the driver,” Gallagher said. Despite media coverage, police have not received any tips or information about the woman’s identity from the public, Gallagher said.

When asked to estimate how fast the driver was travelling, Gallagher said, “Well above the posted 25 mile per hour speed limit.” He said there isn’t any indication the driver braked in her approach to the intersection.

What charges the driver could face will be determined by the state’s attorney in Stamford, Gallagher said. “We have to speak to the driver and get her side of the story. With any fatal accident investigation, the charges are only at the discretion of the Stamford state’s attorney.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Gallagher’s squad at 203-977-4712.

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