Cops seek hit-run witness

Police: 2nd car on bridge for crash that killed Middletown man

PORTLAND — The accident on the Arrigoni Bridge in November that took the life of a 22-year-old Middletown man remains a priority for the Portland police officer conducting the investigation into Daquan Moore’s death.

Moore was riding a moped east across the bridge en route to Portland late on the night of Nov. 4 when he was struck from behind by a speeding car traveling east. The vehicle pushed/carried the moped for several hundred feet before the scooter disengaged from the car, according to authorities.

But instead of stopping, the car accelerated, crossed the bridge, and then turned around in a Main Street service station and headed back toward Middletown, according to the accident report. As the car passed the wreckage of Moore’s moped, the driver slowed near the scene before continuing on his way, police said.

Police recovered the vehicle, a white 2001 Audi sedan, which was turned over to them by an attorney representing the car’s owner.

In the weeks since, Officer Paul Liseo has remained in contact with Moore’s family as he continues to gather statements and compile additional details about the accident.

As he sat at a desk in police headquarters last week, Liseo held up a bulging file folder.

“It’s every bit of five inches (thick),” Liseo said, and it contained “supportive documentation” as he works to build the case against a suspect.

Meanwhile, Liseo continues to search for the driver of a second car recorded on surveillance video crossing the bridge when the accident occurred. Police have identified that vehicle as a silver or champagne-colored 1999 to 2001 four-door Chrysler LHS sedan with Connecticut license plates.

“We’re looking for the driver of that car as a witness,” Liseo said. “We’re looking for that person to come forward to provide us with any information he can about the other vehicle.”

Like the Audi, the driver of the Chrysler also crossed the bridge into Portland, turned around in the service station and then doubled back across the bridge toward Middletown. Liseo secured surveillance video of the Chrysler as it turned around and uploaded the video onto the Middletown Police Department Facebook page.

Anyone with information about either the Chrysler (and its driver) and/or the accident is asked to come forward and contact Liseo at 860-342-6780 or through Middletown Central Dispatch at 860- 347-2541.