Crime & Safety

Somers Man in Critical Condition After Being Struck by Car

According to the Connecticut State Police, Matthew Nabozna was hit as he crossed Main Street on Sunday.

According to Connecticut State Police, just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, a 60-year-old Somers man was hit by a car on Main Street in Somers.

Somers Resident State Trooper Jose Claudio said that Matthew Nabozna, of 129 Springfield Rd., was crossing from in front of the Mobil to the Somers Inn side of the road when a woman who was turning left onto Main Street from South Road struck him.

Claudio said that there was a line of traffic – as there always is – heading eastbound and that the man stepped out from between the cars, not giving the woman, who is an 83-year-old Somers resident, time to react.

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Nabozna had a serious head injury and was initially taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital where he was then flown to Hartford Hospital.

A spokeswoman for Hartford Hospital said that as of 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nabozna is in critical condition.

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Claudio said that the accident reconstruction team came in while the accident is still officially under investigation, the preliminary findings are that there was no wrongdoing on the woman’s part.


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