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Diego Mosqura-Garcia, 31, of Meriden, was arrested on Friday, March 7, and charged with evading responsibility in a crash causing serious injury, driving with a suspended license, and failing to exercise due care near a pedestrian, police said.
Maurice Carrier was legally crossing Pratt and Cedar Streets in Meriden around noon Thursday when a blue Ford Explorer hit him and kept going, police said. A few moments later, a Toyota RAV4 ran him over, but that driver remained at the scene.
Carrier was airlifted to a trauma center and remained in stable condition on Friday, Meriden police said.
Investigators tracked the Ford Explorer to Meriden Public Library, where they found Mosqura-Garcia. He admitted his involvement in the crash when officers questioned him, Meriden police said.
Mosqura-Garcia was arrested and released on a $5,000 bond, police said.
The crashes remain under investigation. It's unclear if the second driver, a 41-year-old woman, will be charged.
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