A motorcyclist died after crashing into a car in Westville Monday night.
The crash occurred at Whalley and Central avenues around 10:30.
Here’s what happened, according to police Officer David Hartman:
After the driver of the car, a 2002 Mercury Sable, exited a parking lot, the two vehicles crashed. The impact threw the motorcyclist into the air and then onto the roof of the car. His head went through the windshield, witnesses reported.
The Sable driver sped east on Whalley, then turned left onto Fitch. The turn dislodged the motorcyclist from the windshield onto the ground. The Sable driver fled up Fitch.
The motorcyclist had no pulse when authorities arrived on the scene, and never regained one.
Update: Police Tuesday identified the victim as Mark Hoffler, 51, of New Haven. They found the Mercury on Beaver Hill Road; they brought the car to the police garage for a forensic work-up. The driver remains at large.
As of late Monday night the police did not have a description of the Sable driver or information about whether any passengers were in the car. More details may be released Tuesday. In the meantime, police asked any witnesses or anyone else with information to call the traffic division 203 – 946-6316.
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