Last night at 6:05 p.m., Branford Police report four people were injured in a four-car accident on West Main Street near Eli’s on the Hill Restaurant. Branford Fire Department Deputy Chief Tom Mahoney said the victims sustained non-life threatening injuries. Branford Police state that three of the four motor vehicle operators were transported to area medical facilities.
Police Officer Dominic Eula, who investigated the incident, determined that Domenico Iuliano, 21, of 80 Oregon Ave., East Haven, was traveling eastbound on West Main Street when his vehicle struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Amber Lewis, 25, of 2046 North Main St., Waterbury, who was stopped in eastbound traffic. After the collision, Iuliano’s vehicle veered into oncoming traffic in the left-hand, westbound lane and struck a vehicle head-on. The vehicle was operated by Michelle Padillo, 34, of 50 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven. Padillo’s vehicle was pushed into the right hand lane, westbound traffic striking a vehicle operated by Fannie Hernandez, 38, of 389 Poplar St., New Haven. Iuliano, Padillo and Hernandez were injured.
