Police have arrested a suspect after a motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash on June 7 in New Haven.
The crash happened at the intersection of Haven and Clay streets in New Haven around 8:31 p.m. that evening.
Police said Jose Rodriguez, 42, of New Haven, was driving a Suzuki motorcycle north on Haven Street, toward Clay Street, and a green sedan was heading west on Clay Street toward Haven Street when the crash happened.
Rodriguez was in critical condition and was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injuries, police said.
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The driver of the green sedan fled right after the crash and went east on Clay Street toward James Street, police said.
After an investigation, police identified a suspect and obtained a warrant charging a 20-year-old New Haven man with
evading responsibility resulting in death, misuse of a marker plate, operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, insufficient insurance, three counts of failure to obey a stop sign, failure to obey a traffic signal and a window tints violation.
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The court set bond at $75,000.
