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CITY OF HARTFORD
HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
253 High Street Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Telephone: (860) 757-4000 Fax: (860) 722-8270 www.hartford.gov/police
 
LUKE BRONIN
 Mayor
JASON THODY
Interim Chief of Police
PRESS RELEASE
HARTFORD, CONN. – June 20
th
, 2019
Hartford Police arrest operator of motor vehicle involved in collision fatality involving pedestrian
On Thursday, February 21st 2019, at approximately 4:04p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a  pedestrian struck by a tractor-trailer at the intersection of High Street and Walnut Street. Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive male pedestrian suffering from serious injuries. The pedestrian, 77-year-old Carl Loven, was transported from the scene by ambulance to Saint Francis Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. Personnel from the Crime Scene Division responded and assumed control of the investigation. The operator of the tractor-trailer remained on scene and cooperated with the investigators. During the course of the investigation, detectives recovered video evidence from the Capital City Command Center (C4) cameras and completed a reconstruction of the crash. Based upon their findings, probable cause was developed and an arrest warrant application was submitted to a judge of the Hartford Superior Court. On Thursday, June 20, 2019, Andrade was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Detention Division for processing. Andrade is currently held on a $175,000 judge-set bond. Arrested: Andrade, Benjamin 04/22/1974 45 Main St, East Hartford, CT Misconduct with a Motor Vehicle Operating w/Extended Width/Length Operation of Commercial M/V w/o CDL Failure to Obey Traffic Signal ###
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