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Crash scene, as cops closed the street during rush hour.
(Updated) A Federal Express delivery truck driver whose vehicle struck and killed a 55-year-old pedestrian is cooperating with investigators looking into the incident.
The collision occurred at Chapel and Temple streets Thursday around 5:40 p.m.
The pedestrian, a woman, was beginning to walk northbound across Chapel at the corner of Temple. The 31-year-old Bridgeport Fed Ex driver was traveling eastbound into the intersection, according to police spokesperson Capt. Anthony Duff. The truck struck the woman. The driver kept driving.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. (Update: Police Monday identified the victim as Maria Luisa Morales, age 55, of New Haven.)
Cops later found the truck nearby on George Street. “The truck operator is cooperating with the investigation,” Duff wrote in a release issued Friday morning.
The incident — including details related to who was at fault — 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,” Duff stated.