Police Investigate Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Stamford

Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash in Stamford that happened Saturday morning.

Angela Lopez, 34, was killed when a car hit her while she was standing next to her husband Rafael Escobar, 27, of Stamford, on the "travel side of the northbound lane" on Hope Street as he filled up the gas tank.

Escobar's 1986 Chevrolet food vending truck had become partially disabled in the lane near Hyde Street, so he stopped to put gas in the tank. Lopez was standing next to him when Victor Medina-Fajardo, 32, of Stamford, crossed the double yellow line from the opposite direction in his 2003 Ford Explorer and hit both of them, police said.

An ambulance transported Lopez to trauma room in Stamford Hospital, but she died Saturday morning due to her injuries.

It's unclear if Escobar was injured.

Charges have not been filed against Medina-Fajardo at this time.

The Stamford Police Department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad is investigating the crash and will submit the findings to the Stamford State's Attorney's Office "with the request for charges at the conclusion of the investigation," police said.