FAIRFIELD, Connecticut — An arrest has been made on Tuesday in connection to a crash at Sacred Heart University in September that injured five students.
Fairfield police said Tyler Delk, 19, of New Jersey and a Sacred Heart student was arrested and charged at at Saint Vincent’s Hospital with Driving Under the Influence, Reckless Driving, five Counts of Assault in the Second Degree with a Motor Vehicle, and five Counts of Reckless Endangerment.
This stems from an incident on September 29, where police investigators said Delk was operating a 2018 Audi S5 Convertible at speeds exceeding 85mph on Jefferson Street. At one point, Delk lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a 2021 Toyota Corolla being operated by an Uber driver and occupied by four female SHU students.
At the time of the collision, Delk was operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol which was determined to be ten times the legal limit. In Connecticut, the limit for alcohol for a person under 21 years of age is .02%.
Delk posted a $250,000 court-set bond and will appear in court when he is medically cleared.
Currently, Delk remains hospitalized.
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