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Firefighters at scene of crash.
A 22-year-old New Havener named Wilmer Lopez drove a Toyota Highlander into Scarpellino’s Restaurant on Forbes Avenue, then died from his injuries at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
So reported police spokesperson Officer Scott Shumway.
Shumway said the crash occurred Tuesday around 6:12 p.m. The police crash team is investigating and asks anyone with information to call 203 – 946-6316 or (anonymously) 1 – 866-888-TIPS(8477), or text “NHPD plus your message” to 274637 (CRIMES).
Last November a fire damaged the Scarpellino’s building, the popular restaurant’s third home. The Scarpellino’s first opened in 1981 at 140 Park St.; moved to 204 College St. in 1989 when the previous location was torn down; then moved to 257 Forbes when the College Street location was cleared out in 2006 and razed to make way for an upscale apartment complex.