The town on Monday received statutory notice of intent to sue from a lawyer regarding a municipal worker striking a cyclist in New Canaan this past summer.
According to attorney Adele Jacobs of Bridgeport-based Jacobs & Wallace PLLC, her client suffered a concussion and other injuries when at about 8:59 p.m. on June 27 (a Monday), he was “struck and run down” by a police officer in an unmarked vehicle, “pushing his bicycle to the ground and running it over” in the area of South Avenue and Church Street.
As a result, Jacobs said, her client was “pushed to the roadway, striking his head and body.”
The officer “failed to keep a proper and reasonable lookout” and “failed to apply his brakes in time to avoid a collision,” the notice said.
The cyclist suffered injuries to both hips, “trouble standing for long periods of time,” pain, “loss of enjoyment of life’s activities” and must undergo future surgeries and other expenses, Jacobs said in the notice.
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