ID Released Of Driver Who Struck Stamford Parking Garage: Police

STAMFORD, CT — Stamford police said they have identified the driver who was killed in a crash at a parking garage on May 26 as Hector Ricardo Rivera-Salazar, 47, of Stamford.

A preliminary investigation found that Rivera-Salazar was driving a 2000 Nissan Pathfinder northbound on Houston Terrace around 11:45 p.m., this past Friday when he drove across all lanes of traffic on East Main Street "at a very high rate of speed," police said in a news release.

The Nissan continued until it entered the property of 1266 E. Main St., and struck a support column for the parking garage, police added. The Nissan was heavily damaged, and Rivera-Salazar was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation remains open. Police are asking anyone with information on the crash to contact the Stamford Police Department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad at 203-977-4712.