Police have made an arrest after a hit-and-run in Meriden in April that seriously injured a 26-year-old woman.
Police said right after the crash that they identified the person who they believed was driving the SUV that hit her.
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WATCH HEREOfficers found the victim on the sidewalk of Bee Street in Meriden when they responded to several 911 calls at 11:17 p.m. on April 4 and she had life-threatening injuries.
The woman was taken to the Hospital of Central Connecticut and she was later transported to Hartford Hospital, where she was in critical condition for a while, police said. On Friday, police said she is still recovering but has sustained serious, disabling injuries
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SIGN UP Police said the woman had stepped out into Bee Street to speak to a friend who was parked in front of her home when another vehicle hit the side of the friend’s vehicle and the woman.
The driver who hit her kept going, leaving a wheel well at the scene.
Police determined that the vehicle might have been a 2008 to 2015 Nissan Rogue.
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Someone who saw the crash had followed the vehicle that hit the woman to the area of Meadow Brook Drive and police went through security footage and saw that the vehicle never left the street.
They said they found car parts from the suspected vehicle on Meadow Brook Drive, followed the trail, and found tire marks in the grass and a blue 2012 Nissan Rogue with heavy front right damage, police said.
They impounded the SUV and said they identified the driver.
A 32-year-old Meriden woman turned herself in to Meriden Police and has been charged with tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment in the first degree, reckless driving and evading responsibility causing serious physical injury.
She was released on a $5,000 bond and is due in court on Nov. 17.
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