Stamford Man Charged In Fatal Accident Fell Asleep Behind Wheel, Police Say

STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Stamford man who fell asleep at the wheel just before he struck two people on a city street last month, killing a city woman, was arrested Wednesday morning, police said.

Victor Medina-Fajardo, 32, of 873 Washington Boulevard was charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle and held on a $25,000 bond in connection with the Oct. 18 fatal accident of Stamford woman.
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Frank MacEachern

11/12/2014 2:30 p.m.

Victor Medina-Fajardo, 32, of 873 Washington Blvd., turned himself in to police. He was charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle and held on $25,000 bond. He was scheduled to be arraigned in state Superior Court in Stamford on Wednesday.

Angela Lopez-Escobar, 34, of Greenwich Avenue, Stamford, died after she was hit by the 2003 Ford Explorer driven by Medina-Fajardo, police said.

The accident occurred on Hope Street at about 7:30 a.m. Oct. 18 near Hyde Street.

Lopez-Escobar was a passenger in a 1986 Chevrolet food vending truck driven by her husband, Rafael Acosta-Escobar, 27.

The truck became disabled partially in Hope Street's northbound lane. Lopez-Escobar stood on the street beside her husband as he added gas to the vehicle when they were both struck by the southbound Ford Explorer that had crossed over the double yellow line.

She died later that morning in Stamford Hospital.

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