A 26-year-old Danbury woman who was injured when a stolen car she was in flipped during a police chase in Danbury last week has died, according to police.
A Danbury police officer who was working an extra-duty job at Main and Center streets saw a car he knew was stolen at 10:35 a.m. in Thursday, Dec. 1 and approached the 1997 Ford Explorer, but the driver -- 32-year-old Ricardo Andre, of Danbury -- and his passenger, 26-year-old Tiffany Fitzgerald, fled, according to police.
The officer, 38-year-old Jamie Hodge, a one-year-member of the department, then got into his personal vehicle, went after the stolen car and called into dispatch, police said.
Andre went south on Mountainville Road, hit a State Traffic Commission sign, and a utilty pole. and went off the road in the area of 13 Mountainville Road and rolled over, police said.
Police said the Ford Explorer rolled over and landed in a driveway.
Andre got out of the car but Fitzgerald was thrown from the vehicle, sustaining serious injuries, police said.
Andre and Fitzgerald were both transported to Danbury Hospital to be treated for serious injuries. Fitzgerald died on Sunday, according to state police.
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State Police are investigating and Danbury Police are conducting an internal investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 860-779-4917 or email gregory.trahan@ct.gov.
