(Update) Forty-four year-old Gilberto Molina of New Haven died Tuesday from injuries suffered when a hit-and-run driver hit him the night before.
Police spokesperson Capt. Anthony Duff reported in a Tuesday afternoon press release that officers responded Monday at around 8:07 p.m. to 911 calls of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on Columbus Avenue near West Street in the Hill neighborhood.
Duff said that arriving emergency responders found a “seriously injured male lying in the roadway.” He said that officers learned that the operator of the motor vehicle had fled the scene following the crash.
The victim was transported by ambulance to Yale New Haven Hospital. He was pronounced dead the next day.
The NHPD Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the scene.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203 – 946-6304. Callers may remain anonymous.
This is the third pedestrian death already this year resulting from a collision with a driver.
One of the deaths resulted from a crash on Whalley Avenue, thed other on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard. Just as ine Monday’s incident, both fatal crashes occurred after sundown.
Safe streets advocates from throughout the city have been pressuring city officials this year to prioritize installing new street lighting, adding more speed humps, and upping traffic law enforcement in response to last year’s spike in pedestrian fatalities.
19-Year-Old Shot In Dwight
In a press release sent out earlier Tuesday morning, Duff said that officers responded to Yale New Haven Hospital’s St. Raphael’s campus Monday at 10:17 p.m. to investigate the report of a walk-in gunshot victim.
Officers identified the victim as a 19-year-old New Haven man. Duff said that physicians indicated that his injuries were “non-life threatening.”
Police later located a crime scene in the area of Chapel Street and Kensington Street.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203 – 946-6304 or submit tips anonymously by calling 1 – 866-888-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be texted. Text “NHPD” plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES).
Safe streets advocates from throughout the city have been pressuring city officials this year to prioritize installing new street lighting, adding more speed humps.....
...just provide us some enforcement of current laws. If cars drove at proper speeds, yielded right of way appropriately, and didn't ignore stop signs and traffic lights, 90% of these tragedies would go away. To be clear, this is not the fault of the police on the street - they are taking their cues from management and politicians. Until leadership steps up, residents will continue to die in the streets.