The officer was forced to move out of the way and the vehicle then drove over several traffic cones that had been in part of a traffic pattern. The second officer also gave the signal for the vehicle to stop and he too was forced to jump out of the way as the vehicle narrowly missed striking him.

The description of the vehicle was then broadcast to other officers and was located a short time later in a parking lot in the nearby downtown area.

The operator was identified as Przemyslaw Nagorski, age 26, of Avery St. in Stamford. Nagorski was exhibiting signs of intoxication and was asked to submit to a series of sobriety tests which he subsequently failed.