New Haveners Carlos Kercado and Emmanuel Torres died after a driver hit them as they were walking in Fair Haven.
The crash took place Friday evening around 11 p.m. Kercado, who was two days short of turning 43, and Emmanuel Torres, 32, were at Grand and Blatchley avenues when the car crashed into a building — and into them, according to police spokeswoman Sgt. Shayna Kendall. The two pedestrians were pinned between the building and the car, and died from their injuries.
Kendall identified the two victims in a release issued Tuesday.
Rescue workers had to extricate the driver and a passenger from the car itself. The driver was listed in stable injuries after the accident. The passenger suffered minor injuries, according to Kendall.
The police department’s Accident Reconstruction Team is investigating the incident.