Police have arrested a suspect after a Bridgeport man died and two Trumbull men were injured when two vehicles collided in Trumbull on Sunday, Oct. 15.
Police received several 911 calls around 3:30 p.m. that day about a crash on White Plains Road, also known as Route 127, near the entrance ramp to Route 25 South.
According to police, a Lexus SC 430 convertible driven by a 22-year-old Trumbull man and a Chrysler 300 S sedan driven by a 46-year-old Trumbull man collided and the convertible landed on its side.
Based on the preliminary investigation, police said the Chrysler was heading south on White Plains Road toward the Route 25 South entrance ramp. The Lexus was going north and the driver swerved around a vehicle that was stopped in the left travel lane waiting to turn left onto the Route 25 South ramp/ The driver of the Lexus went going north in the southbound lane and hit the Chrysler head-on, police said.
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Police said Anthony James Moran, 33, of Bridgeport, was the passenger in the convertible and he died.
The impact of the crash caused the Chrysler to spin and for the Lexus to spin and roll over, throwing Moran and the driver from the car, police said.
The crash caused heavy damage to both vehicles.
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The driver of the Chrysler was transported to Bridgeport Hospital and the driver of the Lexus was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Police said the 22-year-old Trumbull man has been arrested and charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, failure to drive right, unsafe passing and failure to wear a seatbelt.
He was released after posting a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on Jan. 19.
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