New Britain herald., 1929-09-26

one witness was obtained by the ro- lice, . brother of the boy in tle hospital
 . Poulliot, in a statement made to the police sad the child suddenly appeared in front Of his machine as he had crossed Hartford avenue. and while he was going east on Winter street.
 T do not know where the boy came from" his statement contil- red, but be vas right ip front 2f the car with his hands over his face when I saw him. Although I put on my brakes, the front part of the car hit the boy. and I felt bumps &s though the wheels of the machine were passing over a body
 T got out and ran back to tn" rear of the Car and saw the boy on the street. l picked him up. A car was coming west on Winter street at the time and stopped near bT. The man in the ear got out and We took the boy to the hospital"
 Testing the brakes, Officer liar per found that the hand brake al- lowed the car to go six paces over the required distance when the car was travelling at 20 miles an hon.. while the footbrakes, when the cus was going Is mI.es an hour, let he ca go 3G paces over the require distance.
 Officer Anthony Ustach was con- ing up Hartford avenue when he saw the accident. He ran 10 the car and told the men to take tho boy to the hospital. Later, m measuring the distances, Officers Ustach and John Riley found that the car had travclcd 2i feet from the spot in the road where the boy had lain after the impact Officer tStach also states that the car at the time of the accident was going at a speed approXmQting 15 miles an hour.
 Subsequent investigation by Mo- torcycle Patrolman Louis l.. Harp CT revealed the fact that Poulliots car had gone approximately 1G5 feet after he had damned on his brakes. Both the foot brake and emergency were useless. Harper reported. The policeman said the car went 30 paces or approximately 98 feet be- yond the &7 feet which is consider- ed reasonable stopping distance for car going IS miles an hour
 Al the hospital today it was said the boys condition was critical. He. has a probable fracture at the base Of the skull and numerous laccra- tons.
 Police today dispcIlcd rumors that Pouilot was involved in scri- ous accident once before. PouiI- lot" brother was a principal in an accident some timo ago when a mo- 'oreycle he was riding struck woman on Elm street as she was leaving th" factory of Landors. Frary and Clark. Tho woman wa. "@nt to the hospital seriously in mr"d but cyeHtually recovered.
 \ fracture of tho right log anI hrnt.s about -1a face We're the in- urlas rne;vaI ly Stanley Sylows,i 5 Y ouh street. when he was hit hE t3" gar oJ Henry F. Goldsmith. ie3 IH@aIan1 Tarraro almost in front n' ao Oak street at o'clock tast ,f.u-nc.
 At..~ t." accident the boy Was rushed 'o th" New Britain General hospital where h. was cNqmiuc3. II" Is no. ea sar critical list,
 n" 'Hn rt oe GollDorz as h. wls Go-n" south oa Oak s,rat %are two parked rar+. one raHn4 south and thn other north. Just as hc was about 10 pass tho ears he saw the form o' tha boy dash from his left and into 'ho pathway of his ma- chin, Ilo stopped his machine quickly hW the lad wa5 hit hy the right front headlight Of the car and knocked 10 inc roadway.
 When GaIdher@ stopped. the boy was lying under the mlchinr. On.- Ger Louis F.. Harper, who iuy,.tI- gated the accident could find uo cause for police action.