Hamden police are trying to identify a driver accused of fleeing police and hitting a pedestrian.
Hamden police said around 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 26, officers responded to the area of Dixwell Avenue and Arch Street for a welfare check after a report of a man sleeping inside a car.
Officers located the man, who was inside a black Nissan Maxima. According to police, when officers tried to speak with the man, he started the vehicle and drove out of the parking lot, hitting a pedestrian as he drove off.
The pedestrian, a 53-year-old Hamden resident, was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital complaining of pain.
Anyone who recognizes the suspect pictured above is asked to contact the Hamden Police Department at 203-230-4036.
