NORWALK, CT : Police officer not responsible for fatal crash on Saturday, March 11th 2017

A state review has found that a Norwalk police officer who pursued a car that hit a tree, killing the driver, wasn’t responsible for the crash.

The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/2lS3gBo ) police and the Stamford state’s attorney’s office say officers were trying to serve an arrest warrant when a suspect fled in a car in Norwalk.

Authorities say another officer was working to close an intersection when a car sped toward him and drove around his patrol car.

The officer attempted to follow the vehicle and found that it had crashed. The driver, 22-year-old Vincent Fowlkes, died at a hospital. His passenger was treated for serious injuries.

Neither Fowlkes nor his passenger was the target of the arrest warrant.

Authorities say the officer has been returned to full duty.

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Police officer not responsible for fatal crash