NORWICH – Last week the New York State Police released their findings in a fatal motor vehicle accident that took the life of a Norwich resident as he left church with his family.

Police said the cause of the accident was driver distraction – although they do not know specifically what that distraction was because the second driver couldn’t recall details.

On July 12, Brian and Teresa Conant along with her mother Iris Delgado were leaving the parking lot of Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall on State Highway 12 in the Town of Norwich. While waiting to enter the roadway, another vehicle heading north veered off the right side of the road and struck Conant’s driver side door, head on.

Brian died of his injuries five days later, July 17, in Wilson Regional Medical Center’s intensive care unit in Johnson City. His wife and step-mother were both listed in critical condition but eventually stabilized and were later released.

The driver of the second vehicle, Clifford G. Williams, 73, of Ilion, was transported by ambulance to Chenango Memorial Hospital, along with 36-year old passenger Jason E. Williams and 7-year old passenger Zachary Williams. All were treated and later released.