Police are searching for a white van whose driver hit an 8‑year-old girl in Fair Haven Tuesday morning, then fled the scene.
Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer David Hartman:
Shortly before 7:30 a.m. the white van hit the girl at Ferry and Pine streets. The driver drove off. Police are looking for the van, which has “double rear doors with windows” and possibly visible damage to “its front passenger side near or involving the headlamp.” Anyone with information is asked to call police at (203) 946‑6316.
A bus driver witnessed the incident. “The school bus was not involved” in the incident, Hartman reported. “The child was not on the school bus.”
The girl, who lives in New Haven, was transported by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital’s pediatric emergency department, where is being treated and listed in stable condition.
Police Chief Esserman met with the girl and her family at the hospital Tuesday morning. He “praised her bravery” and reported that she is expected to make a “full recovery.”
Same exact spot a pedestrian was killed last Fall. Driver was not charged. It's either a popular place to dart into traffic or in need of traffic-calming immediately. .. before someone else gets killed. Where's Doug Hausladen on this intersection?