NEWPORT — A crash this morning in Derby sent a 37-year-old man to the hospital with minor injuries.
Police say at around 9:15 a.m. Clark Lombardi, of Derby, was headed east on Shattuck Hill Road, when Lee Spates, 53 of Newport, was traveling west.
According to police, Spates turned left into the parking lot of Kinney Drugs and the front driver’s side of his truck struck the front driver’s side of Lombardi’s car.
Both vehicles sustained contact damage.
Police say Lombardi was treated and released at North Country hospital for minor injuries.
Spates was not injured in the crash.
Would anyone and everyone reading this be kind enough to walk to the back of the Walmart store in Derby and check on the condition of the tropical fish in the mixed tanks, and the BETA fish in the individual plastic containers. Distressed customers report seeing dead and dying fish choking in dirty cloudy water, many of the fish are suffering from fin rot (parts of fins rot and break off due to parasitic infections caused by fetid/unclean water). The suffering is unnecessary. The manager of Derby Walmart (Nicole Besse) has been informed of the situation. However, little seems to have improved. The fish are still dying through the neglect of the staff, a movement is underway to encourage shoppers to the store to spend a few moments walking through the pet food section to the live fish area where they can see the condition of the live fish for themselves. Please spend a few moments to check on the welfare of the fish and if you see signs of neglect and/or filthy water / dead fish please call for the manager or Walmart sales associates Giselle or Peter, thank you. Bob.