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The incident happened just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, when New Haven Police and Fire responded to a report of a pedestrian struck on Sherman Avenue between Elm Street and Whalley Avenue, in New Haven.
Prior to the arrival of emergency responders, a nearby 40-year-old New Haven woman heard the impact of the pedestrian being struck by the car, said New Haven PD Captain Anthony Duff.
The Good Samaritan went to the injured pedestrian and began to render aid. Lying in the street, the 37-year-old New Haven man had suffered serious injuries.
Feeling no pulse on the unresponsive victim, the Good Samaritan performed CPR on the pedestrian, Duff said.
New Haven Fire Department and American Medical Response personnel arrived and took over treatment. An ambulance transported the pedestrian to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he remains in critical but stable condition.
Before the accident, investigators believe the victim had exited a parked car near his home on Sherman Avenue. As the man began to cross the street in the middle of the block, a Honda sedan traveled northbound on Sherman Avenue.
The Honda struck the pedestrian near the double yellow street lines. The Honda continued traveling on Sherman Avenue and turned left to travel westbound on Whalley Avenue toward Winthrop Avenue, Duff said.
The vehicle is a silver Honda Accord. It is an older, four-door, early to mid-2000’s year car. The vehicle is missing its driver-side mirror and may have damage to its front driver-side area.
The crash remains under investigation by the Accident Reconstruction Team.
Anyone with information or who knows the whereabouts of the Honda Accord and its driver is asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6316.
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