Man Found Dead, Pinned Under Car

Police are investigating the death of a man who might have been pinned under a car while working on it in West Hartford. 

Police responded to 14 Abbotsford Avenue around 10 p.m. on Monday after receiving a report of a man in his 30s pinned underneath a car and found the victim, Douglas Medeiros, 30, of 14 Abbotsford Avenue, with his neck pinned between the front passenger tire and the curb, police said.

The vehicle was running, appeared to be in gear and there were signs that Medeiros might have been working under the vehicle and it rolled back onto his neck, police said.

Police said there were no witnesses.

The vehicle was towed to West Hartford police.
 

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