Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle Identified: Wallingford Police

WALLINGFORD, CT — A Meriden woman has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle last week in Wallingford, police said in an update on Tuesday.

Police responded to Old Colony Road around 9 p.m. on Aug. 22 after a pedestrian had been struck. Arriving officers found a woman with severe injuries, according to Sgt. Stephen Jaques. She was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital where she was pronounced dead, Jaques said.

The woman has been identified as 60-year-old Dawn Darcey, Jaques said on Tuesday.

Jaques said the investigation is still ongoing and no one was criminally charged in connection with the accident.

An initial investigation found that a 2020 Mazda CX-30 was traveling southbound on Old Colony Road when the driver struck a pedestrian who was in a dimly lit section of the southbound travel lane, Jaques said at the time. The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.

Jaques said speed didn’t seem to a factor in the collision, and the driver wasn’t suspected to be under the influence of any drug or alcohol.

Anyone with further information, or video of the accident, is asked to contact the traffic division at 203-294-2815.