New London — Police on Saturday arrested a New London man on DUI fees following a three-car crash that injured a baby on Jefferson Avenue.
Rafael Pacheco, 25, of 34 Grove St., Apt. 1, was charged with driving inebriated or medicine, threat of damage to a minor, failure to keep up correct lane and driving a motorized vehicle with a suspended license.
The crash, with two autos that hit one another head-on, resulted in accidents that weren’t life-threatening to 2 individuals within the neighborhood of the Broad Road intersection about 4:35 p.m., in keeping with New London Police Division Public Data Officer Sgt. Matthew Galante. The 2 individuals had been transported to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
“Throughout the course of the investigation it was decided that the operator of one of many autos was working a motorized vehicle whereas beneath the affect of medicine and/or alcohol,” he mentioned in an e-mail.
New London Fireplace Division Battalion Chief Jeremy Hynek mentioned the hearth division was referred to as to the scene at 4:54 p.m. He mentioned one of many injured individuals was a baby, although he didn’t know the extent of the accidents.
The street was closed within the space of the incident whereas the scene was cleared and police investigated, Hynek mentioned.
The New London Police Division mentioned by 5:30 p.m. the street was open.
