FAIRFIELD – Fairfield Police have arrested and charged a Bridgeport teen with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle in connection with a June 21 fatal hit-and-run between a car and moped at the intersection of Post Road and South Benson Road.
A police department investigation revealed that Antony Gutierrez Silva, 16, of Bridgeport, was operating the vehicle that struck and killed Juan Otilio Tista Tista, who was operating the moped.
Despite lifesaving efforts at the scene, Tista Tista, 25, of Bridgeport, later succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital.
Although Gutierrez Silva is 16, he is being charged as an adult under Connecticut law, as motor vehicle offenses are not considered juvenile matters.
He was traveling westbound on Post Road and attempted to turn left onto South Benson Road, the Fairfield Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit state in its report. In doing so, Gutierrez Silva entered the path of Tista Tista’s moped, which was traveling eastbound in the right lane of Post Road. Immediately following the collision, Gutierrez Silva fled the scene without rendering aid or notifying authorities.
A witness to the crash attempted to follow him. However, as Gutierrez Silva tried to evade the witness, he struck the witness’ vehicle and fled the scene without stopping, resulting in a separate evading incident. Later that evening, members of the crash reconstruction unit located Gutierrez Silva at his residence in Bridgeport. His vehicle was also located and seized as part of the ongoing investigation.
As a result of this investigation, the police crash unit filed the following charges against Gutierrez Silva:
- Negligent Homicide with a Motor Vehicle
- Operating a Motor Vehicle without a License
- Passenger Restrictions Violation
- Failure to Grant the Right of Way While Turning Left
- Evading Responsibility Resulting in Death
- Evading Responsibility (Property Damage)
While it was the first confirmed fatality on town roads this year, the loss of life was among 106 traffic deaths in the state this year, according to UConn’s Crash Data Repository. That compares to 311 reported for all of 2024. Last year Fairfield Police conducted thousands of traffic stops in town. In only the first six months of 2025 Fairfield officers have already made more than 6,000 stops to address unsafe driving behavior, according to Fairfield Police Chief Robert Kalamaras.
