NORWALK, CT : 1 dead, 1 critical after police chase ends in crash on Thursday, January 26th 2017

One person died and another was seriously injured after a car police were chasing crashed into a tree in a West Norwalk neighborhood.
Connecticut State Police assumed the investigation into the Thursday morning wreck at the request of the State Attorney’s Office and Norwalk Police
Chief Thomas Kulhawik, local
police said.
Police have provided no details regarding what initiated the chase. State police on Thursday night identified the man who died as Vincent Fowlkes, 22, or North Taylor Avenue, and said he was the driver of the 2008 Honda Civic.
The injured passenger was Shawn Bowman, 19, of the same address on North Taylor Avenue.
A few dozen family members and friends of the two gathered Thursday evening outside the Colonial Village housing complex on West Cedar Street. Tyrique Bowman said the two men in the crash were his brothers. Both are Norwalk natives and attended Brien McMahon High School.
“He was an amazing person,” Tyrique Bowman said of Fowlkes. “He always cared about his family. He will be missed. He was one of the best.”
The crowd gathered to remember Fowlkes and pray for Bowman’s recovery. People brought balloons, lit candles and braved the chilly night.
Tyrique Bowman said Shawn Bowman was critically injured and remained in the hospital.
“He is recovering,” Tyrique Bowman said, adding that his brother had just gotten out of surgery. “His heart beats strong.”
Lt. Terry Blake, a Norwalk police spokesperson, said Tuesday afternoon that the pursuit involved a Norwalk officer, and that no police were injured in the incident. He referred further questions to state police.
According to Blake, state police took over the investigation due to the significant nature of the crash and the fact that a Norwalk police officer was involved.
The chase might have started about 11 a.m. at Colonial Village, where numerous police vehicles could be seen in the morning. Ambulances were dispatched to 31 Geneva Road at 11:09 a.m. for two people that had to be extricated from the vehicle. The winding, residential road in West Norwalk is lined with trees.
A state police report said the Honda was heading southwest on Geneva Road while trying to evade a Norwalk police vehicle when it left the pavement and struck several rocks on the property at 27 Geneva Road. The car continued southwest and spun clockwise while entering the property at 31 Geneva Road when its driver struck a tree. The report said the car came to rest in a stream.
An ambulance with a patient left the scene about 11:45 a.m., as investigators from the Crime Scene Unit were arriving. Firefighters and paramedics could be seen performing CPR on another man while officers held up a plastic sheet to shield the view.
The car was badly mangled, crumpled into a tree, which was split up the middle.
One ambulance leaving Geneva Road was driven by a Norwalk police officer, possibly so all the medics could work on the crash victim.
Geneva Road was closed between Richards Avenue and Fillow Street for several hours.
Residents were not allowed into the area as police investigated. One resident leaving the street said the speeding car had almost struck him.

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1 dead, 1 critical after police chase ends in crash