[naviga:iframe frameborder="0" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ErRgIcXrvuE" width="100%"] [/naviga:iframe]Waterford — State Sen. Andrew Maynard’s Jan. 14 car crash on Route 32 was initially reported to police correctly as a two-car collision, the audio of a 911 call has revealed.

Waterford police said that the incident had first been reported as a car into a ditch but that they then discovered that Maynard’s car had struck another car. They confirmed that two cars were involved the day after the crash.

Police on Tuesday released audio from a single 911 call. The Day had filed a Freedom of Information request for all 911 calls related to the accident. It is unclear whether Waterford police received more than one 911 call.

A female driver who called 911 on Jan. 14 reported that a car “went over the divider” and hit another car on Route 32.

In the tape, the caller, who identifies herself as Mary Jo Riley, tells the dispatcher that there was a car accident on Route 32 southbound.

“A car went over the divider into the oncoming traffic and went across and off the road,” she’s heard saying.

The caller later confirms that the car in question was traveling southbound in the Quaker Hill section of Waterford. She describes the accident as occurring “right before the light for the 32 connector.”

“Can you see if anybody’s hurt?” the dispatcher asks the caller.

“Well, I was looking in my rearview mirror, and they actually went across the divider, hit another car and went down the ditch. So I’m assuming yes, there’s probably injuries,” the caller says.

“Because I was on the other side of the highway and I saw him coming down and like hitting the side of the median,” the caller continued, describing the car involved as a small sedan. 

New London police also received a 911 call about the accident.

The Day received a description of a call received on Jan. 14 by the department’s Computer-Aided Dispatch system, as a result of the newspaper’s Freedom of Information request.

The call came from a male witness who identifies himself as Matt Montanari of Mohegan Avenue in New London.

The narrative from the call reads, “Person unresponsive in car, blue car, car still moving. Car was bouncing off barriers, headed into New London.”

Police were dispatched and determined that Route 32 in New London was clear to the Waterford Line.

Shortly after the crash, police and state Senate Democratic Caucus spokesman Adam Joseph said Maynard was involved in a one-car accident while returning from a caucus at the state Capitol in Hartford.

Waterford police Lt. Dave Burton has said that the accident was at first reported as a car into a ditch with air bag deployment. 

He said police then discovered another car north of the accident scene that had been struck during the crash.

Attorney Robert Reardon is representing Maynard, who doesn’t remember anything about the crash, as he was knocked unconscious and sustained a “severe concussion,” Reardon has said.

The accident remains under investigation.

After suffering a traumatic brain injury in 2014 in a fall at his Stonington home, the Democratic senator was re-elected in the 18th district, representing the residents of Groton, Stonington, North Stonington, Preston, Griswold, Voluntown, Plainfield and Sterling.

He has declined all interview requests since his fall.

j.bergman@theday.com

Twitter: @JuliaSBergman