A 64-year-old man has died after he was hit by a vehicle in New Milford Thursday night. Police said the driver left the scene and they have identified the person.
Police officers, firefighters and medics responded to the area of 177 Danbury Road at 9:25 p.m. and found the man, John Capodanno, of Bethel, who had been struck. Police said medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Witnesses told investigators that the driver who hit the man left the scene.
Patrol officers found the suspected vehicle at a nearby apartment complex and identified the driver as a 41-year-old New Milford woman, police said.
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They said she was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation.
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