15-Year-Old Hit By Car Near Cheney Tech In Manchester Dies: PD

MANCHESTER, CT — The 15-year-old girl who was hit by a vehicle near her school in Manchester late Wednesday afternoon has died, police said.

The girl died Friday, police said. She was a student at Cheney Tech, police added.

The crash took place at 5:37 p.m. Wednesday on New State Road in the area of Hilliard Street, police said.

Officers and firefighters arrived at the scene and found the girl in the road, suffering from what they described as "significant life-threatening injuries," according to a crash report. Emergency medical care was given to her at the scene and she was transported to Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford by ambulance, police said.

According to a crash report, the vehicle that struck the girl had been traveling north on New State Road and was located a short distance from the initial scene. Police subsequently identified the driver as an 81-year-old man from Manchester.

No charges had been filed as of Friday morning and Manchester police spokesman Lt. Ryan Shea said he expects the investigation to be a lengthy one.

The driver was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation, police said.

The Manchester Police Department Traffic Unit and the Metro Traffic Services Crash Reconstruction Team are the lead investigators. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has additional information should contact Officer Kevin Jackson at 860-533-8651, police said.