Gov. M. Jodi Rell escaped injury Tuesday morning when the car in which she was riding collided with another in Brookfield.
A vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl struck the driver's side door of the governor's Cadillac sedan on Long Meadow Hill Road just after 7 a.m., said Brookfield Police Chief Robin Montgomery.
"The other car drifted over the center line and basically clipped the governor's vehicle," said Montgomery. The driver's side of Rell's car was damaged in the accident.
Rell, the girl, and the state trooper driving Rell's car all escaped injured, Montgomery said. Rell was transferred to another car and continued on to a morning campaign event in Fairfield, according to her office.
"She put her arm around the young driver and reassured her the important thing is everyone is OK and cars can always be repaired," said Judd Everhart, Rell's communications director. "The girl apparently told her that she had hoped to meet the governor someday, but not under those circumstances."
I'm sure everyone is relieved that no one was hurt and I'm sure this is a day that the 17 year old kid will never forget.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
