North Dakota Driver Charged After Another Driver Pinned in Partially Closed Door: Police

SOUTHINGTON, CT — A North Dakota man is facing a criminal charge for what police are describing as a hit-and-run collision between two tractor-trailers that left a man pinned in a partially closed door.

On Thursday at 12:50 a.m., officers were dispatched to the truck stop at 1875 Meriden Waterbury Turnpike for a reported motor vehicle crash with injuries, police said.

Based on a subsequent investigation, Mohamood Ahmed, 26 of Grand Forks, ND, was taken into custody,

transported to the SPD and charged with evading responsibility involving physical injury, police said.

Police said Ahmed was attempting to back his trailer truck into a parking space when it struck another
trailer truck.

Ahmed attempted to readjust his truck into the parking space when the driver from the truck that was struck, emerged from the cab to assess the damage, police said. As the driver stepped onto the foot step, Ahmed’s trailer struck the door and pinned the driver’s leg in the partially closed door, police said.

After the impact, Ahmed allegedly knew he struck the driver, but fled the truck stop and left the
area, police said.

At approx. 2:47 am, Ahmed called the SPD and reported he was now in Berlin and that he wanted to report the accident, police said. Ahmed claimed that he fled the Truck Stop because he felt threatened
by other drivers at the scene, police said.

Ahmed claimed that he knew he struck the trailer, however he did not know he struck the other driver, police said. The driver who was struck was transported to a local hospital via ambulance for a possible broken
leg, police said.

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