Wallingford Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash

WALLINGFORD, CT — A Wallingford man has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a North Haven woman while she was walking with her family last year, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports Mark Rubino, 40, pleaded guilty last week in a plea deal that calls for a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, suspended after serving four years, followed by three years’ probation.

Rubino was arrested last July for the crash that killed Maureen Munzner, 57, on March 11, 2019. Munzner was walking with her two children on Ridge Road at about 5:30 p.m. on March 11 when she was struck by a car that fled the scene. She was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.

Rubino was arrested following a lengthy investigation by the South Central Connecticut Traffic Unit, which consists of police officers from the East Haven Police Department, North Branford Police Department, Madison Police Department, Branford Police Department and North Haven Police Department.

Rubino called 911 the night of the crash to report that he had hit a deer near the Hamden/North Haven line, the Record-Journal previously reported.

Read more at the Meriden Record-Journal here.

See also:

• Community Rallies Around Family After Tragic Death In North Haven
• Wallingford Man Claimed He Hit A Deer In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash