Driver Killed After Car Strikes Tree, ID Released: East Haven Police

EAST HAVEN, CT — A 47-year-old East Haven man, Wilber Nazario, of Joffre Street, was killed in a single vehicle crash on Forbes Place on Thursday, Police Capt. Joseph M. Murgo said.

At 12:10 p.m. while on routine patrol, Sergeant Shirley Conyers, who was traveling northbound on Forbes Place, saw a Toyota Highlander strike a tree in the area of Forbes Place/Sydney Street, police said.

"It was determined that the sole occupant of the vehicle, Wilber Nazario, was traveling southbound on Forbes Place when he passed a mail truck, also traveling southbound on Forbes Place," Murgo said in a news release. "The mail truck, which was stopped with (its) left turn signal activated, was attempting to turn left on to Sydney Street. The mail truck was not directly involved in the accident and was not struck by Nazario.

"Nazario can be seen leaving the roadway, driving up on to the sidewalk, narrowly missing a telephone pole, but struck a tree head on just south of the telephone pole," police said. "Once on scene, Officer Kevin McGuire gained access to the driver’s compartment of the vehicle and began life saving measures on Nazario while he was extricated from the vehicle by East Haven Fire Department personnel."

Nazario was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital where he later died.

This incident remains under investigation. Anyone who might have information regarding this investigation is asked to contact investigators at 203-468-3820 or message police on any of their social media platforms.