Hamden Woman Struck By DUI Driver In New Haven: Police

HAMDEN, CT — A Hamden woman was hospitalized after being struck by a DUI driver while she was crossing the street Tuesday afternoon in downtown New Haven, according to police.

The 31-year-old woman was lying bloodied in the street when officers arrived at the intersection of Chapel and High streets around 2:30 p.m., police said. She suffered head and internal injuries, police said. The woman was hospitalized in stable condition.

Robert H. Stallings Jr., 66, of West Haven, failed a field sobriety test after striking the woman in his "full-size Chevy Silverado pickup truck," according to New Haven police.

Stallings was traveling in the right lane of two westbound Chapel Street lanes when he approached the intersection at High Street and faced a temporary stop sign in the middle of the two lanes. The investigating officer said the regular overhead traffic control signals and pedestrian crosswalk signals were inoperable.

Police said Stallings drove through the intersection and the truck's front passenger side hit the woman. Stallings stayed on scene, police said, and then failed the sobriety test and was arrested.

Stallings was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to stop for the stop sign. He's due in Superior Court June 1.

Witnesses who have not yet spoken to police can contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6316.