Easton Man's Car Hit By Elderly Wrong-Way Driver

By David Gurliacci (Patch Staff)

A 75-year-old Pound Ridge, NY woman was trying to leave her parking spot downtown when the car instead backed up, hit another car and then hit the building where William Raveis Real Estate has its offices, New Canaan police said.

No one was reported injured.

Police gave this account (an accusation not proven in court) of the matter:

Marie Healy of Trinity Pass Road in Pound Ridge was behind the wheel shortly before 11:11 a.m. on Sunday on Main Street, near its intersection with Elm Street when she meant to leave an illegal parking spot. The spot was close by 4 Elm St. which is on the southwest corner of both streets.

She said she thought the car was in drive, but it moved backward. At first it hit a 2001 BMW station wagon inside of which was a 56-year-old Easton man, his wife and daughter. Then it hit the building. That car’s right front end was damaged but the BMW didn’t need to be towed.

The Easton man said the woman’s car moved slightly forward, then went into reverse.

Healy was issued a ticket for unsafe backing, an infraction.

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