A construction worker has died after a vehicle drove through a construction site in Hartford on Wednesday afternoon and struck him, according to police, and the…
A construction worker has died after a vehicle drove through a construction site in Hartford on Wednesday afternoon and struck him, according to police, and the driver involved in the collision has been arrested.
They said the driver hit the construction worker in the area of West Boulevard and South Whitney Street around 12:12 p.m. and also struck some equipment and a dump truck.It appears that a driver going at a high rate of speed went right through the construction site and hit the victim, police said on Wednesday afternoon. The worker who was hit, later identified as 54-year-old Jose Diaz-Nieves, of East Hartford, died at the scene.
Nguyen is facing charges including manslaughter, reckless driving, risk of injury to a minor, operating without insurance, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, operating with a suspended license, failure to use child safety seat and improper use of a marker plate. His bond has been set at $1 million.
Two passengers in Nguyen's vehicle were taken to the hospital. Their injuries appear to be non-life threatening.
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