A 23-year-old Portland woman is dead after a hit-and-run in Hartford on Sunday morning, according to police, and they have arrested a suspect.
Officers responded to Franklin Avenue and Adelaide Street around 6:11 a.m. after a Jeep and a Toyota minivan collided.
The Jeep had overturned and the driver, 23-year-old Tonyque Davis, of Portland, was unresponsive. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced, police said.
The driver of the minivan had left the scene before emergency crews arrived, police said.
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Investigators identified a suspect and took a 44-year-old Hartford man into custody on Sunday night.
He has been charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, evading responsibility involving death, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle without a license, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and illegal operation of motor vehicle without insurance.
