ATV Driver Dies In Crash

A 43-year-old man died on Hamden’s power line trails” after an ATV crash.

So reported Hamden police spokesperson Capt. Ronald Smith.

Hamden cops responded at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday to a report of an ATV accident on the trails near West Woods and Gaylord Mountain roads.

They found the 43-year-old man lying dead next to an unoccupied ATV.

A preliminary investigation determined that the male may have lost control, as he attempted to negotiate a turn,’” Smith wrote in a release issued Wednesday afternoon. He was ejected from the ATV. An autopsy will be performed today.”

The name of the victim was not released.

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