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An 11-year-old girl was killed in a hit and run on Whalley Avenue and Davis Street in New Haven, Connecticut Wednesday night.
Police are looking for a dark colored 1999 to 2005 Volkswagen Jetta with front end damage. If you believe that you have seen such a vehicle, try to get the license plate and call the police. The victim was a fifth-grade student at The Elm City Prep School.  This is another tragedy caused by a criminally reckless driver.  Hopefully, the driver will be apprehended and brought to justice. 

A Yale medical school student near the end of her studies died Sunday morning of injuries she suffered when she was struck by a car while crossing the street Saturday. The medical student was supposed to graduate in May and begin her residency this fall at the Highland General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, part of the Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Calif. The student was crossing South Frontage Road at York Street near the Yale School of Medicine when she was hit about 9:45 a.m., according to a spokeswoman for the mayor’s office. She suffered serious head trauma. It is unknown at this time if the police found the driver of the car that struck the student at fault.

Police identified a 51-year-old town woman who was struck and killed by a car while crossing Main Street near Burnside Avenue early this morning. Police said Susan Lockery, of Rector Street, was hit by a 1995 Nissan Sentra in the Main and Orchard street intersection, a block from Burnside Avenue. She was taken shortly after 6:15 a.m. to Hartford Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The accident scene was shut down for a few hours as police conducted their investigation. The driver of the car was not arrested. It is unclear from news reports as to whether the woman was walking in a designated cross walk at the time of the fatal collision.

The Connecticut legislature is considering tougher penalties on teen drivers that violate the law. The proposed bill aims to place tougher penalties on teen drivers who break the law. Under the bill, if a teen driver is convicted of driving while under the influence of liquor, they would lose their license until they are 21 years old. In addition, if a teen driver gets a speeding ticket, there would be an automatic license suspension. The first ticket would result in losing his or her license for 45 days. The bill also calls for more training hours and parental supervision of teenage drivers.

According to the Triple A, 42,642 people died in car crashes in 2006. This equates to about 117 deaths per day and almost 5 per hour. This is the equivalent of two jumbo jets crashing every week. The AAA attributes many of the fatalities to excessive speed, drunk driving and the failure to wear a seat belt. Triple A also reports that the costs arising from car accidents have gone up with the largest cost increase being hospital costs.

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