Stamford Mayor David Martin Uninjured In Greenwich Car Accident

STAMFORD, CT — Mayor David Martin was involved in a car accident last Friday that totaled his vehicle, according to the Stamford Advocate. Martin and the other party involved were uninjured.

According to the Advocate, Martin was driving westbound in his 2010 city-issued Ford Escape last Friday around 7 p.m. on Old Mill Road. A Ford Raptor pickup truck was coming west on Round Hill Road, and both vehicles entered an intersection and collided. Martin and the driver of the pickup truck refused medical attention, and Martin was issued a warning ticket for failing to give right of way.

"I was checked out at the scene. My blood pressure was high when they first took it, but five minutes later it was normal," Martin told Patch. "The other driver seemed to be a little shaken up, but my sense was that he was in good shape."

Martin said he was on his way to the Greenwich Audubon Center for an event with the Children's Learning Center, a Stamford-based organization that aims to provide early education for young children.

"There was a car that passed in front of me when I was sitting at the intersection at the stop sign. I was watching that car and looking in his direction, but my guess is that the car had shadowed the pickup truck, and I couldn't see him behind that car," Martin told Patch. "I bet he couldn't see me either. I looked to the left and it was clear, then I got whacked by him at I believe a very high rate of speed."

The pickup truck hit Martin's car in the front on the right side, and then the truck continued through a nearby stone wall.

"I'm sure his pickup truck was totaled, and my car was damaged beyond repair. But I was not damaged beyond repair and neither was he, and that's the most important thing," Martin said.

Martin, who was about five minutes away from the event, called the Audubon Center and alerted them that he was still coming, but he needed a ride. Congressman Jim Himes, a Greenwich resident, was also on his way to the Audubon so he picked Martin up.

Martin told Patch that a public announcement wasn't made after the accident because he felt it wasn't necessary.

"When I had melanoma on my face, we made an announcement that the mayor has a medical condition that may compromise his abilities to do his job. When I had an accident on my right knee that required an operative surgery, we put out an announcement for that," Martin said. "In this particular case, I wasn't compromised in any way at all, so I didn't consider that newsworthy. The truth is, we have a lot of vehicles [on the road], and occasionally there are accidents."