Crime & Safety
Report: City Man, 68, Dies After Motorcycle Collision, Police Chase
State Police report Peter Marino hit the back of a bike driven by Bruce Anderson, of Lancaster, Penn., with his Toyota Camry in New Haven, then drove away. He later hit a grove of trees.
Two men, including one from Middletown, were killed Saturday when a car hit a motorcycle, throwing the operator from his bike, and the driver fled the scene, then crashed into trees after a police pursuit on the Merritt Parkway.
NBC Connecticut reports Peter Marino, 68, of Middletown, hit the back of a bike driven by Bruce Anderson, 63, of Lancaster, Penn., with his Toyota Camry on Route 15 at 3:45 p.m. in New Haven, then drove away.
Anderson was thrown from his motorcycle and taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, NBC reports.
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When police located Marino's car from a witness description, he reportedly sped away, swerved down an embankment and hit several trees, dying at the scene, according to NBC.
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