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Truck From Newtown Business ID'd In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Truck From Newtown Business ID'd In Fatal Hit-Run Crash
Truck From Newtown Business ID'd In Fatal Hit-Run Crash State Police are looking at a Fairfield County business in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a Bridgeport woman on Route 8. Maria Mendoza-Robles, 54, was struck around 8 p.m. Thursday while attempting to walk across busy southbound Route 8 near Exit 5 in Bridgeport, said Connecticut State Police. Original reports said Mendoza-Robles was hit by an unknown tri-axle dump truck with a red or orange cab, police said. Later, through an investigation, police found that the truck involved in the hit-and-run incident was a blue Peterbilt dump truck. “Although initially, witnesses desc…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By Truck In Hit-Run Route 8/25 Crash ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By Truck In Hit-Run Route 8/25 Crash
ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By Truck In Hit-Run Route 8/25 Crash State police have released the identity of a Bridgeport woman who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run dump truck driver as she attempted to cross Route 8/25.Maria Mendoza-Robles, 54, was struck and killed around 8 p.m. Thursday in the southbound lane near Exit 5 in Bridgeport, said the Connecticut State Police.  Troop G had received numerous 911 calls saying a woman was attempting to cross the highway right before the accident occurred, they added. The vehicle, described as being a large tri-axle truck, with a red or orange motor unit and a gray dump bed, fled southbound on the highway, …

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by Kathy Reakes