BRIDGEPORT, CT : Community leader dies in Bridgeport car crash on Wednesday, 1st January, 2020

Peter Tsimbidaros, a leader in the city’s Greek community and a lawyer dedicated to help troubled children, died Thursday from injuries suffered in a car crash on New Year’s Day. He was 50.
“Our whole community is in a state of shock,” said The Rev. George Livaditis, pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Park Avenue. “Peter was an amazing person who exemplified a true Christian. He helped so many people and his family are asking for prayers.”
Tsimbidaros was on his way to have dinner with his parents to celebrate the new year shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday when his 2006 Honda CRV and a Chrysler minivan collided at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street.Police said the driver of the minivan, 50-year-old Keith Commerford of Bridgeport, received a summons in connection with an unrelated hit-and-run accident earlier in the day.
Tsimbidaros died from his injuries in the crash at Bridgeport Hospital Thursday morning.
Commerford was not charged at the scene and police said the crash is still under investigation.


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