The family of Troy Clark said it has been a long wait, but they trusted the New Haven Police Department when detectives asked them for patience. “I could not.
A pedestrian has been struck and killed while walking along a Connecticut roadway.
The incident took place around 1 a.m., Thursday, April 8, when a tow truck traveling on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard struck a pedestrian at the Lamberton Street intersection in New Haven, said Captain Anthony Duff of the New Haven Police Department.
The tow truck driver remained at the scene, Duff said.
An ambulance transported the adult male to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The crash remains under investigation by the NHPD Accident Reconstruction Team. Witnesses who have not yet spoken to police are asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6316.
Updated: 9:32 PM EST January 6, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Conn. For the sixth time since 2008, the New Haven Police Department will have a new Chief.
Tuesday New Haven Police Chief Otoniel (Tony) Reyes surprised some by announcing that after just under two years in that role, he’s leaving the police department.
Reyes told FOX61 Wednesday he feels as if his two years as Chief felt like a lifetime, given all that’s transpired nationally and locally, with civil unrest and Covid-19. But he says he left nothing in the tank as a member of NHPD for two decades. I’m a kid that grew up down the street and got a chance to serve his community, Reyes said, referring to his roots in New Haven s Hill neighborhood.