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

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.