FROM THE NEWSROOM: (UPDATE) State police say the immediate action of a good Samaritan is likely the reason two men, whose vehicle landed in a reservoir yesterday afternoon in Killingly, are alive today. No one was seriously injured when an elderly man drove a vehicle through a Connecticut Light & Power utility pole, side swiped a bridge and landed in the Middle Reservoir around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. State police released an accident report, that says a witness to the accident could very well be the reason the driver and passenger survived the accident, when he sprang in to action and helped pull the two men from the car before it sank to the bottom of the reservoir. In the report, state police say that 81-year-old Providence resident Ralph Regine was driving a Toyota Camry on Route 101 Wednesday approaching the reservoir, when he says he drifted off, causing the car to eventually drive down a fishermen access driveway to the body of water. The vehicle snapped a utility pole and landed in the water, where it began to sink. Police say that David Anderson, of Tolland, had been driving in the area when he saw the accident and pulled over to help. Anderson immediately jumped into the water, using a rock to smash out a window and help pull Regine and his passenger, 48-year-old Raymond Dessault, also of Rhode Island, from the sinking vehicle. As reported, the East Killingly Fire Department, QV Medic, KB Ambulance and state police responded to the scene, where Route 101 was closed for a period of time. Regine was transported by KB Ambulance to Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam for evaluation. Anderson was treated on scene for cuts he sustained while helping to pull the men from the car. Police noted that, “had it not been for the immediate, selfless actions of [Anderson], this very well could have been a fatal motor vehicle accident.”
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:47:56 +0000
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