Crime & Safety
Hamden Man, 35, Critically Injured In Single Motorcycle Crash Into Beaver Ponds Near SCSU Campus
The motorcyclist, going north on Grasso when he went off the road and into the water, was rescued by first responders and bystanders: NHPD
NEW HAVEN, CT—Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, at the intersection of Ella T. Grasso Blvd. and Crescent Street, a 35-year-old Hamden man who'd crashed his motorcycle into Beaver Ponds was rescued by firefighters, ambulance EMTs, and bystanders, officials said.
New Haven Fire Department Chief Daniel Coughlin said the man was "unconscious" when removed from the water.
The location is at the end of the boulevard in the Beaver Pond neighborhood on the edge of Southern Connecticut State University.
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Police said that the "initial investigation indicates that the motorcycle was traveling north on Grasso through the intersection and off the road into a nearby body of water."
The man was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he is listed with critical life-threatening injuries, police said.
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The New Haven Police Department Accident Reconstruction Unit responded and is investigating the incident.
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