# Southern Connecticut professor dies after e-bike collision in New Haven

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/beloved-connecticut-university-professor-dies-from-injuries-after-being-hit-by-e-bike-while-crossing-street-three-weeks-ago/
- Published: 2026-10-27T01:36:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T01:47:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16239747/Connecticut-university-professor-dies-ebike-crash-Michael-Shea.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Professor Michael Shea died after an e-bike hit-and-run.
- The crash happened in New Haven on 9 October.
- Police are asking for help identifying the rider.

## Summary

Michael Shea, a long-serving English professor at Southern Connecticut State University, has died after an e-bike rider struck him while he was crossing a New Haven street with his wife. The rider fled, and police are seeking the public’s help to identify him.

Shea was hit at about 9pm on 9 October and died in hospital on Saturday morning; his wife was unharmed. Police described the suspect as a stocky Black male, around 5ft 7in and in his teens or early twenties, and said he had not been identified or arrested. Colleagues and former students remembered Shea as a devoted teacher, mentor and friend whose work shaped many lives.

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