MERIDEN — Police say a 40-year-old Meriden woman has died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Springdale Avenue with her 7-year-old daughter Friday night. The vehicle fled the scene before police arrived. 
 
 Police say Dania Cegeno-Delrosario was crossing Springdale Avenue with her daughter, Denisse, when she saw the oncoming vehicle and pushed her daughter from the vehicle’s path before being struck. The daughter suffered minor scrapes, according to police. 
 
 Dania Cegeno-Delrosario was walking with her daughter from her parked car on Springdale Street to her home on Lewis Avenue, according to police. 
 
 The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Springdale Avenue between Lewis Avenue and North Spring Street. Police say the vehicle was traveling east on Springdale Avenue when it struck Cegeno-Delrosario at the road’s double yellow line. The daughter later told police that her mother pushed her to safety. 
 
 Lewis Street resident Giuseppe Capparella said he and others found Cegeno-Delrosario unresponsive underneath an SUV vehicle, where police believe she was pushed to by the hit. 
 
 Capparella said he immediately called police and first responders arrived a few minutes later. 
 
 Cegeno-Delrosario was taken to MidState Medical Center with serious head and chest injuries before being airlifted via LifeStar helicopter to Hartford Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around midnight. The daughter was transported to Hartford Hospital and later released to family members. 
 
 Capparella said he was first alerted of the accident by the sound of Cegeno-Delrosario’s daughter screaming. 
 
 “I heard a kid scream and it sounded like my own daughter,” Capparella said. “She just kept saying, ‘mommy’s dead, mommy’s dead.” 
 
 Brandon Clark, a tenant in the building that Cegeno-Delrosario lived in with her daughter and husband, said he was notified of the accident by his landlord Saturday morning. 
 
 “They’re really nice people,” Clark said about the couple. “It’s just sad.” 
 
 Clark said Cegeno-Delrosario was originally from the Dominican-Republic and began living in the building about two years ago at a time when she did not speak English. Her husband moved to America from the Dominican-Republic about four months ago, Clark said. 
 
 “It was just a shock to me to know someone could just drive away,” neighbor Jessie Boles said. 
 
 Police are looking for a vehicle with a missing side mirror and possible damage to the front quarter of the driver’s side. 
 
 A side mirror found at the scene indicated the vehicle was manufactured by the Nissan motor company. Reports of the vehicle’s color have been conflicting, police said. 
 
 Police are in the process of reviewing video footage from nearby businesses. 
 
 Sgt. Stanley Zajac from Meriden Police said no firsthand witnesses have come forward with details, but police believe witnesses were on hand at the time of the incident. 
 
 Anyone with information is asked to call Meriden police at 203-630-6215. ||||| MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a Connecticut woman saved her 7-year-old daughter's life by pushing her out of the way moments before she was struck and killed in a hit-and-run. 
 
 Police say 40-year-old Dania Cegeno-Delrosario and her 7-year-old daughter, Denisse, were crossing a street in Meriden on Friday night when they were struck. 
 
 The Record-Journal reports the girl told police that her mother saw the approaching vehicle and pushed her to safety. 
 
 Cegeno-Delrosario was taken to a hospital, where she later died. The woman's daughter was hospitalized with minor injuries. She has since been released. 
 
 Police say the driver fled the scene but left behind a mirror and casing. 
 
 The investigation is ongoing.
– Authorities say a Connecticut woman saved her 7-year-old daughter's life by pushing her out of the way moments before she was struck and killed in a hit-and-run, the AP reports. Police say 40-year-old Dania Cegeno-Delrosario and her 7-year-old daughter, Denisse, were crossing a street in Meriden on Friday night when they were struck. The Meriden Record-Journal reports the girl told police that her mother saw the approaching vehicle and pushed her to safety. "I heard a kid scream and it sounded like my own daughter," said a witness. "She just kept saying, 'mommy’s dead, mommy’s dead.'" Cegeno-Delrosario was taken to a hospital, where she later died. The woman's daughter was hospitalized with minor injuries. She has since been released. Police say the driver fled the scene but left behind a mirror and casing. The investigation is ongoing.