A 24-year-old man died after a fiery crash in Shelton on Sunday night. On Wednesday, police identified the man as 24-year-old Mauricio Sierra Zapata, of Shelton.
Firefighters and police officers responded to reports of a car fire in the area of Commerce Drive and Research Drive around 11:30 p.m. Sunday and found that a vehicle had crashed and it was on fire, according to police.
They pulled Sierra Zapata out of the vehicle and he was brought to Bridgeport Hospital, where he later died, police said.
The Shelton Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team is investigating.
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