Car Hits and Critically Injures Female Pedestrian, 39, in Norwich

A 39-year-old pedestrian is in critical condition after she was hit by a car in Norwich on Saturday night.

Norwich police and fire departments and an American Ambulance responded to the area of 724 Boswell Avenue at 7:26 p.m. on Saturday to investigate reports of a car crash involving a pedestrian, police said.

A 39-year-old was seriously injured after a car traveling southbound on Boswell Avenue struck her, police said. She was treated at the scene and an ambulance took her the William W. Backus Hospital. A Life Star helicopter flew her from there to Hartford Hospital for treatment and she is currently listed there in critical condition.

The driver of the car was not injured.

Norwich Police Department's accident reconstruction team also responded and is investigating the accident.

No charges have been filed at this time and police are not releasing more information at this time. Police have not disclosed the name of the pedestrian injured or the driver. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

Police as anyone who witnessed the crash to contact Officers Thomas Lazzaro or Andre Rosedale at 860-866-5561, extension 6.