1 Dead After Car Veers Off Road, Crashes Into Pole In New Haven: Police

HAMDEN, CT — An 80-year-old man died after his car veered onto a sidewalk and crashed into a telephone pole before coming to a rest in the front yard of a nearby home in New Haven Friday afternoon, police said.

Officers from the New Haven Police Department responded to the 1200 block of Forest Road at around 2 p.m. after a Mazda 3i traveling north on the roadway towards Willard Street crashed, injuring Faraz Kelib, a Hamden resident, according to police.

Emergency services "swiftly arrived" at the scene and took Kelib to Yale-New Haven Hospital for immediate medical evaluation and treatment, police said, adding, "despite the efforts of medical professionals," Kelib was later pronounced dead."

"The Crash Reconstruction Team was activated, and a thorough investigation will be conducted to analyze the evidence and determine how the collision occurred," police said.

The investigation will take some time, and anyone who witnessed the crash, or who may have information valuable to the investigators is urged to contact police via phone at 203-946-6304, or through the department's anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS.