Pedestrian Injured in Parallel Parking Mishap: Branford Police

A pedestrian was injured when a driver attempting to parallel park accidentally backed into her on Harrison Avenue in Branford, police said.

Robert McCarthy, 86, of Northford, was trying to parallel park when he stepped on the gas pedal instead of breaking and accelerated backward, police said. He ran into Rosemary Romano, of East Haven, with his car as a result, hit a metal railing and came to a stop against a building, police said.

Branford Fire Department paramedics treated Romano at the scene and she was transported to Yale-New Haven hospital for evaluation.

McCarthy was cited with unsafe backing, an infraction.

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