A pedestrian is dead after they were hit by a car while crossing Danbury Road in New Milford Thursday night.
Police said they were called to the area of New Milford High School for a reported pedestrian crash at about 6:45 p.m.
Officers found a man unconscious in the southbound lane. Crews tried to resuscitate him but were unable to do so, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police later identified the man as 43-year-old Alexander Jefferson III of Jamaica, New York. The New Milford Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the scene and is investigating.
Danbury Road, also known as Route 7, was closed for several hours Thursday night but has since reopened.
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