Police: The driver who fled the scene was arrested, filmed and fled the scene

WESTPORT — A Danbury man was accused of causing a hit-and-run crash on Bayberry Lane in May after the driver of the other car took a photo of his license plate as he fled the scene.

Ever Cabrera-Romero, 26, was charged June 5 with evading responsibility, unlawfully operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license and following too closely.

A hit-and-run accident near the intersection of Bayberry Lane and Long Lots Road was reported to police shortly after 8:15 a.m. on May 9.

At the scene, the complainant informed the investigator that her vehicle, which was waiting in a line of traffic on Bayberry Lane, had been struck from behind by a black Ford SUV.

The driver, who told the officer she was not injured by the impact of the collision, said that when she got out of her vehicle to inspect the damage, the SUV driver “shrugged shoulders” and left the scene, according to the report.

But as the SUV drove off, the complainant was able to take a photo of its license plate with her phone and provided it to police.

Police investigating the incident learned the license plate was registered to a Ford SUV owned by Cabrera-Romero and determined he was driving the vehicle at the time of the crash.

An arrest warrant was issued and Cabrera-Romero turned himself in to police headquarters on June 5. He was released on $15,000 bail and was scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on June 28.