A 74-year-old who was hit by a car in Stamford on Tuesday morning has died and police said they have located the vehicle involved.
The pedestrian, 74-year-old Marie Jean-Charles, of Stamford, was crossing West Main Street around 6:13 a.m. when a driver believed to be going at a high rate of speed hit the person and the pedestrian died at the scene, police said.
The driver kept going and went east on West Main Street, according to police.
The suspect vehicle, described as a red sedan, had heavy damage to the windshield and the front of the car. Police said they found the car on Tuesday afternoon.
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Police described Jean-Charles’ injuries as “horrendous” and said there is no way that the driver did not know that he or she had been involved in a “vicious collision.”
Police are asking anyone with information to call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad at (203) 977-4712.
