Cape Cod

Man dead after hit-and-run on Cape Cod

The man was identified as 59-year-old Jeffrey Richardson, from Brookfield, Connecticut

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Police on Cape Cod are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Monday night.

Officers in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, were called shortly after 9:30 p.m. to a report that a man was lying on Route 6. The man was found unresponsive and bleeding from his head, police said.

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First responders performed CPR on the man and took him to Cape Cod Hospital. He died on Tuesday, police said, identifying him as 59-year-old Jeffrey Richardson, from Brookfield, Connecticut.

Police are investigating the incident as a hit-and-run. Anyone with information is asked to call 508-349-3702 — police asked anyone with information about a vehicle with damage to the passenger side, including that mirror, to reach out.

The incident is still under investigation.

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