A 25-year-old New Havener named Shaquaza Morris died after an early Saturday morning car crash on Shelton Avenue.
A press release posted to the New Haven Police Department’s (NHPD) social media account on X stated that, at around 1:51 a.m., city police officers responded to the area of Shelton Avenue and Gibbs Street “on report of a car colliding with a tree.”
Upon arrival, officers found the car’s driver, later identified as Morris, as suffering from injuries due to the crash. She was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, where she died.
“Initial observations indicated that the vehicle was traveling south on Shelton Avenue when it travelled over a speed bump, swerved to the left and collided with a tree,” the press release states. “No other vehicles appear to be involved at this time.”