Drunk Driving Charge for New Canaan Man, 60

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Police on Thursday night arrested a 60-year-old Hillcrest Road man by warrant and charged him with driving under the influence in connection with a crash last month.

At about 11:29 p.m. on Jan. 22 (a Tuesday), police were dispatched to the area of 97 Spring Water Lane on a report of a single-car crash, officials said.

There, officers found a vehicle off the road and in a ditch, according to a police report. It appeared that the vehicle had struck a tree after traveling off of the road, the report said.

On speaking to the man, police said they smelled alcohol on his breath, it said. 

No one else was in the car. 

Following an investigation, police obtained search and arrest warrants. 

He turned himself in at about 6:40 p.m Thursday. Police released the man on $2,500 bond and scheduled him to appear March 4 in state Superior Court in Norwalk.

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