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Driver found dead after car goes off-road into embankment in Norwalk: Police

Officers received multiple calls around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday about a single car crash in the area of Grist Mill Road and the Route 7 connector.
Credit: Norwalk, CT Police Department

NORWALK, Conn. — The driver of a car that went off-road and into an embankment was found dead at the scene of the crash on Saturday in Norwalk, police said.

Officers received multiple calls around 4:45 p.m. about a single car crash in the area of Grist Mill Road and the Route 7 connector. Norwalk police, fire, and emergency medical services responded to the scene and worked to remove the driver from the car that was found in an embankment, police said.

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The driver, identified as 37-year-old Joshua Chapman of Naugatuck, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Norwalk Hospital emergency medical crew, police said.

Police are still investigating the crash and ask anyone with information to contact Officer Taylor Equi either by phone at 203-854-3051 or by email at tequi@norwalkct.gov. 

Police said that they can also be reached through their tip line over the phone at 203-854-3111, via their website norwalkpd.com, or through text by typing "NORWALKPD" and sending a message to TIP411 (847411). 

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