A man who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run while helping someone in a disabled truck on Interstate 95 South in Milford early Saturday morning has died, according to state police. Authorities are looking for the vehicle that hit him.
State police said Vinton Fitzgerald Dawson, 61, of Killingworth, was helping a disabled tractor-trailer in the right shoulder of the highway near the 34 entrance ramp around 2 a.m. and a 2014 to 2017 white Hyundai Genesis traveling in the right lane went into the shoulder and hit him.
Dawson was transported to Bridgeport Hospital to be treated for serious injuries and state police said he died on Monday.
The vehicle involved in the crash left the scene, according to state police. Authorities said there should be right, front damage on the vehicle.
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The state police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad is investigating the crash. Anyone with information should contact Trooper Colby #605 at (203) 696-2500 or jonathan.colby@ct.gov.
