Three Accidents in Avon Memorial Day Weekend and No Arrests

While there were over 250 car accidents that the State Police responded to over Memorial Day weekend, there were only three accidents in Avon.

Only of the Avon accidents, which happened around noon Friday on West Main Street (Route 44), caused injuries. Police are not releasing details on the accident because it involves a juvenile. Another accident also occurred later in the day on the state highway near the intersection with Climax Road just before 4 p.m. that caused traffic buildup from there to Ensign Drive. The third accident, Lt. Kelly Walsh of the Avon Police Department said, took place at Old Farms Road and Scoville Road.

Avon police did not make any arrests Memorial Day weekend, but officers did stop 33 vehicles. Police have not released details on the nature of the stops.

The numbers of accidents throughout the state, however, were high. State police increased troopers manning sobriety checkpoints and "targeted DWI and aggressive driving and patrol across the state of Connecticut, Lt. J. Paul Vance, spokesperson for the State Police, wrote in a press release Tuesday.

He wrote that there were 260 accidents recorded between midnight on May 27 and midnight Monday. Eighteen of the accidents caused injuries and there were four fatals.

State Police arrested 70 people on charges of driving under the influence during the weekend enforcement operation, and also wrote 978 seatbelt violation tickets and 2,013 speeding tickets.

Vance reminds people who "see a suspected drunk driver" to " call  911, as this is a true emergency."