Crime & Safety
Middlebury Man, 79, Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries In Crash In Hamden: Police
The man was riding a bicycle at the time of the crash, which occurred near the Farmington Canal Trail, according to police.
HAMDEN, CT — A 79-year-old bicyclist sustained life-threatening injuries in a crash with a motor vehicle on Tuesday afternoon in Hamden. Police responded to Todd Street at about 1 p.m. on June 27 on the report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries, according to Capt. Ronald Smith.
Smith said investigation revealed that Milton Parkins, 79, of Middlebury, was traveling on a bicycle, northbound on the Farmington Canal Trail. Witnesses told police that Parkins drove into a motor vehicle that was traveling westbound on Todd Street.
Parkins was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Mark Atwater of the Hamden Police Department Traffic Division at (203) 230-4036.
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