Crime & Safety
City Peace Commission Member, 70, Struck, Killed By Hit & Run Driver
Police are investigating the fatal hit & run of pedestrian Yusuf Suat Gursey of New Haven, on Whalley Ave. & Brownell St. at 9:30 p.m.: PD.
NEW HAVEN, CT — It was just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, when officers were called to the area of Whalley Avenue and Brownell Street for a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian, police said.
The vehicle took off after striking Yusuf Suat Gursey, a 70-year-old New Haven man, police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart said.
Gursey was a member of the New Haven Peace Commission.
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When cops got there, Gursey was laying in the road, "suffering from apparent injuries," police said. Taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where his injuries were determined to be life-threatening, he was later pronounced dead, Bruckhart said.
The Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the scene. The vehicle was later located and is being processed for evidence.
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Police ask that anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have information valuable to investigators to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department's anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).
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