Vehicle Involved in Fatal Accident Located: Hamden Police

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden Police have located a vehicle that was involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian last week.

Investigators recently discovered new information in connection to the death of death of 58-year-old Harris Tendler, who was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing Dixwell Avenue at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 11.

Initial reports indicated that the operator of the motor vehicle — Piercey Lane, 70, of Bridgeport — had stopped after striking Tendler and contacted emergency personnel.

Hamden Police gathered video surveillance footage from several commercial establishments in the area and it shows that Tendler was initially struck by a motor vehicle that was traveling northbound on Dixwell Avenue and that vehicle fled the scene while the second vehicle that hit him remained on the scene and called 911, according to Capt. Ronald Smith.

Smith said on Tuesday morning that the department’s Traffic Division has located the vehicle that fled the scene and the investigation is continuing.

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