MERIDEN POLICE RELEASE
Date: March 22, 2024
Incident: Evading Motor Vehicle Accident
Location: Broad Street – Meriden WW1 Monument
On Thursday March 21, 2024, at approximately 10:00 PM, the police department was notified that a possible accident occurred at the site of the City’s WW1 Monument located at the intersection of Broad Street at East Main Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered that the “City of Meriden’s World-War Roll of Honor” monument had been struck and knocked over completely causing significant damage; however, the vehicle which caused the damage fled from the scene prior to our arrival.
Once on scene, officers located debris from what we believe to be the evading vehicle which caused the damage. This was a portion of the headlight unit and investigation would determine that it belonged to a “Ford” F150 which was manufactured between the years of 2018 to 2020. This would match the description of a vehicle which a witness saw leaving the scene of the accident heading southbound on Broad Street towards Wallingford just after the crash occurred. The witness stated that the Ford F-150 was white in color and based upon the damage to the monument, the vehicle involved should have noticeable front end damage.
At this time we have multiple detectives working on this investigation and they are out canvassing the area for any video(s) or still photographs which may have captured the suspect’s vehicle either prior to or after the crash.
At this time anyone who may have information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Detective Jad Hadir at (203) 630-6250.
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