Crime & Safety
Police Report: Investigation Continues in Accident That Injured Oxford Woman, 88
Woman hit at Brookside Inn.
Police continue to investigate an accident in which an Oxford woman was struck by a car in the parking lot of a local restaurant nearly a week ago.
The 88-year-old woman, Loretta M. Sembrowich, had moderate injuries and may have broken her right hip after a sport utility vehicle that was backing out of a parking space at the Friday afternoon struck her and knocked her down, police stated in a news release.
The mid-sized SUV, a 2007 Ford Escape, was driven by John Downing, 46, of Seymour.
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Oxford Ambulance drove Sembrowich to Griffin Hospital in Derby.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information that may help the investigation can contact state police at Troop A in Southbury at 203.267.2200.
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