Even with thermal imaging and trained dogs, Connecticut State Police couldn’t find the body for hours.
A Hamden motorcyclist was killed early Saturday morning in a collision with another car just north of Exit 6 near the railroad tracks. The biker, 31-year-old Terrence Horton, went off the highway and fell to the tracks below.
Here’s what happened, according to a state police report:
At 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, Horton side-swiped a 1995 Ford Taurus and then careened across the road and struck a jersey barrier near the left shoulder. Horton was ejected off the bike and landed on the tracks below. His bike ended up in the center left lane of five.
Contacted by phone on Monday, State Police Lieutenant J. Paul Vance said that state cops had called in thermal imaging and police dogs to look for the body. They were unsuccessful. The body was found the later Saturday.
Lt. Vance said the accident was still being investigated and that police had not yet determined fault.
In other crime news, there were two muggings on Sunday night and Monday morning, and a suicide on Saturday night.
Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery:
At 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, a person near Frank and West Streets was approached by three men, one of whom was armed. The men stole $20 and a cellphone and headed north on Frank Street.
The next morning, at 4 a.m. on Monday, a man was mugged by two men as he got out of his car in front of his Lloyd Street home. The two men took his black leather wallet, containing $400 cash.
A police desk sergeant reported Sunday morning that a 23-year-old Southern student killed himself on Saturday night on Norton Parkway.
For block-by-block year-to-date crime info, and daily crime maps, check the Independent’s crime log.
