A 73-year-old man was apparently crossing against a “Don’t Walk” signal at Whalley and Orchard around 8:20 p.m. Monday when a motorcyclist hit him — and may end up having killed him.
That’s the word from police spokesman Officer David Hartman.
Hartman said the police department’s Crash Investigation Unit is still working on the case.
The pedestrian, Willie Gay, was “pushing a shopping cart across the roadway” when the motorcyclist — a Waterbury man with a female passenger — struck him, according to Hartman. Gay was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where his condition is considered critical and his injuries life-threatening.
The motorcyclist and passenger were treated at the scene for minor injuries. The police did not charge the motorcyclist with an offense.