Police Release ID Of Stamford Victim In Fatal Motorcycle Crash

STAMFORD, CT — A 26-year-old Stamford resident was killed Sunday night when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a Jeep Wrangler on Tresser Boulevard near Canal Street, according to Stamford police.

"The motorcycle operator, is now being identified as Rene A. Sandoval-Romero, age 26, of Culloden Road in Stamford," wrote police in a statement released Monday afternoon. "Mr. Sandoval sustained severe injuries in the crash. He was transported to Stamford Hospital where he died of injuries he sustained in the crash.
Mr. Sandoval was not wearing a helmet."

From an earlier release:

"A 2012 Jeep Wrangler was traveling westbound on Tresser Blvd intending to turn left onto Canal Street southbound," wrote Sgt. Andrew Gallagher and Sgt. Jeffrey Booth in a statement. "A 2004 Yamaha YZ600 motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Tresser intending to cross the intersection. The motorcycle crashed into the turning Jeep. The driver of the Jeep, an 18 year old male Norwalk resident stayed at the scene of the crash and is cooperating with the investigation."

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Stamford Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad at 203-977-4712, Fax: 203-977-4454.

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