Driver Taken To Hospital After Fairfield Crash: Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — A driver was taken to the hospital over the weekend after he was found passed out in a car following a crash near the Fairfield-Bridgeport border, according to police.

The incident occurred just before 4 p.m. Sunday on Park Avenue near Ruth Street, police said. A Toyota Camry was traveling north on Park Avenue when it drifted into the southbound lane and, while moving slowly, struck a Hyundai Santa Fe, which had come to a stop, according to police.

The driver of the Santa Fe was not hurt, police said. When the woman left her SUV and saw that the man who had been driving the Camry had passed out, she called 911, according to police.

By the time officers arrived, the man had regained consciousness but was unresponsive, police said, noting the man was holding what officers suspected to be a burnt marijuana cigarette. The man was treated at the scene and taken to St. Vincent’s Medical Center, according to police.

The Fairfield Police Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating the incident.