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    A 39-year veteran sergeant of the Shelton Police Department was seriously injured when he was struck by a drunk driver while working a private duty job directing traffic. Sergeant Orville Smith was standing next to his police vehicle with lights flashing in the shoulder of the road when a pickup truck veered off the road and hit him and the vehicle. The driver, 63-year-old Bruce Knapik, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Sergeant Smith was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries and remains in intensive care.

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    A 39-year veteran sergeant of the Shelton Police Department was seriously injured when he was struck by a drunk driver while working a private duty job directing traffic. Sergeant Orville Smith was standing next to his police vehicle with lights flashing in the shoulder of the road when a pickup truck veered off the road and hit him and the vehicle. The driver, 63-year-old Bruce Knapik, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Sergeant Smith was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries and remains in intensive care.

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    A 39-year veteran sergeant of the Shelton Police Department was seriously injured when he was struck by a drunk driver while working a private duty job directing traffic. Sergeant Orville Smith was standing next to his police vehicle with lights flashing in the shoulder of the road when a pickup truck veered off the road and hit him and the vehicle. The driver, 63-year-old Bruce Knapik, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Sergeant Smith was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries and remains in intensive care.

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    SHELTON POLICE DEPARTMENT 

     
     

    __________________________________________________________________
    _________________

    Joel W. Hurliman  Phone: (203) 924-1544

    Chief of Police Fax: (203) 924-0702 


     
     

    ***PRESS RELEASE***
    By: Sgt. Robert Kozlowsky

    July 4th, 2010

    12:30 PM 

    Shelton Sergeant Injured by Drunk Driver 


          On 07-03-10, Sergeant Orville Smith, a 39 year veteran of the police department, was
    working a private duty job at the intersection of Leavenworth Rd (Rt. 110) and Indian Well Rd.
    Sergeant Smith was standing adjacent to his police vehicle. The police vehicle, which had the
    lights flashing, and Sergeant Smith were in the shoulder on the southbound lane.

          At approximately 10:15 PM a Nissan Frontier pick-up, traveling southbound on Rt. 110,
    veered in the shoulder and struck Sergeant Smith and the police vehicle. Sergeant Smith was
    rushed to Bridgeport Hospital with severe injuries. He is conscious, but still in ICU.

          The driver of the Frontier, 63 year old Bruce Knapik of 96 East Eaton St in Bridgeport, was
    arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence. Knapik did not claim any injuries.

          The accident is being investigated by The Trumbull Police Traffic Division Reconstruction
    Team with assistance from The Shelton Police Traffic Division Reconstruction Team. The
    accident is still under investigation.  
     
     

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