Shelton woman struck by vehicle while using Derby crosswalk

By Register Staff
DERBY — A female pedestrian was hit by a vehicle shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday at Derby Avenue and Bank Street.
The driver, Peter Pearce, 80, of Greenwood Circle in Seymour, was given a ticket on failure to grant the right of way to pedestrians in a crosswalk.
The woman, Irene Panuczak, 82, of Shelton, was taken by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital for evaluation, said police Lt. Sal Frosceno. She was discharged Wednesday, the hospital said.
The accident was in front of St. Michael’s Post 1562, Catholic War Veterans. Patrol cars monitor that crosswalk for violations, Frosceno said.