A 32-year-old Brewster man was found dead on the shoulder of a stretch of I-84 early Saturday morning in Danbury after an apparent hit-and-run crash, according to Connecticut State Police.

A 911 call at about 1 a.m. reported a person in the roadway near Exit 2 in Danbury, state police said. State Police then located a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the right shoulder and the deceased person, who died of an apparent fatal injury, according to state police. The vehicle involved did not remain at the scene, said state police.

The deceased man was identified as Daniel Crawford Jr. of Peaceable Hill Road in Brewster.

Anyone with information on the accident or information on the evading vehicle should call state police at 203-267-2200.

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