Crime & Safety
Cop Injured When Car Strikes His Cruiser in East Norwalk [Update]
Officer Phillip Roselle was taken to Norwalk Hospital; the driver of the other car was unhurt.
A Norwalk Police Officer was injured Friday afternoon after his cruiser was struck by a car pulling away from a curb on Gregory Boulevard.
Norwalk police gave the following account of the incident:
Officer Phillip Roselle was traveling northbound and approaching Lorena Street (see map on this page) when a 2003 Audi that was parked along the curb pulled out in front of his cruiser, causing the left front fender of the car to strike Roselle's vehicle.
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The impact caused Roselle to lose control and swerve left into the oncoming lane of before jumping the curb and sideswiping a utility pole. The car came to rest on the front lawn of a house.
It had damage to both front fenders and both front wheels.
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Officers at the scene said Roselle had chest injuries and was transported by ambulance to Norwalk Hospital. He has been a Norwalk officer since March of 1988.
The driver of the Audi was unhurt.
At 3:45 p.m., Norwalk Hospital was unable to provide Roselle's condition.
