Cops ID hit-run victim as North Branford man

NORTH BRANFORD — Police Wednesday identified a man killed in a Saturday morning crash on Branford Road as a town resident.

Douglas Clark, 52, was killed in the hit-and-run crash, police said in an email Wednesday.

“Our heart and deepest sympathy go out to (the) Douglas family, friends and all who knew him,” police said. “Our officers continue to work around the clock investigating this tragedy and have received numerous leads on the incident and we are vigorously pursuing each lead. We continue to ask for the public’s help in contacting our investigators with any and all information concerning this incident.”

The department previously said officers received a call around 6:15 a.m. Saturday for an unknown medical incident in front of 27 Branford Road, near Rose Orchards Farm in North Branford.

Once there, police and fire personnel found a body near the road.

Investigators called the incident a “suspicious death” and said the person was struck by a car that left the scene.

Police said the evading car should have damage to its bumper, hood and windshield in the front right area.

Police said that any “information, no matter how small” can be called into the department’s dispatch center at 203-484-2703, to the department’s anonymous tip line at 203-484-2201 or emailed to Lemmons@nbpolicect.org.