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Updated: Gales Ferry Man Charged After Rollover
The crash happened near Van Tassel Drive.
Editor's note: This article was updated at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday June 4, 2013:
Ledyard police arrested a Gales Ferry man Tuesday after an early morning one-car rollover on Route 12 in Gales Ferry.
According to a press release from Ledyard Police, the department received multiple 911 calls at approximately 12:30 a.m. reporting a one-vehicle rollover accident. The car was reported to be in the brush area approximately 50 yards off Route 12 near VanTassel Drive in Gales Ferry.
The vehicle involved was found to be a rental vehicle and the operator had left the scene, police said. The Ledyard Police Department conducted a K9 track utilizing a dog from the Connecticut State Police Troop D in Danielson, but was unable to locate the driver.
Later on Tuesday, police charged Daniel G. Villarreal, DOB 10/11/1988, of 11 Friar Tuck Drive, Gales Ferry, with evading responsibility and failure to drive right. He will be arraigned at GA 10 in New London on June 25, 2013.
The Gales Ferry Fire Department and Ledyard Volunteer Emergency Squad also responded to the accident.
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