The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-18
NO NEGLIGENCE
 IN CURLEY DEATH
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 thew Noonan and Patrolman Jo- seph F. Kelley.
 Coroner Monzani's finding fol- lows:
 At about three o'clock on the afternoon of May IS, 1884, Eliza beth Bergin was driving q duly registered Studebaker sedan south erly on Cherry street in the city of Waterbury. She had two other passengers in the seat with her and there were three passengers also in the back seat. Near Albert place she picked up William Cur ley, who was going to the corner of East Main and Cherry street and gave him a ride in that direc- ton, As the inside of the car was crowded and as Curley was going very short distance, he stood on the running board on the right side of the car at the front seat.
 "As the car approached the in- tersection of Walnut street, a car was coming out of Walnut street and the operator, Miss Bergin, shifted gears into second gear, and by the time she had reached the intersecton of Maple avenue. which is on the westerly side of Cherry street, she had not as yet shifted back into high. She was driving on her own right side of the street and at a very moderate rate of speed. As she approached Maple avenue there was an automobile parked on the westerdly side of Cherry street just at the north corner, and another car was parked immediately behind this which to a considerable extent blocked her view of Maple avenue. At the same time that she was ap- preaching this intersection, a truck belonging to the Southern New England Ice Company and oper- ated by Philip Sulkosky was travel ing eastward on Maple avenue to- wards Cherry street. He was also travelling at moderate of speed, and as he turned his truck into Cherry street it collided with the car operated by Miss Bergin, atrik- ing Miss Bergin's car on the right front fender and dragging along the running board to the right rear fender. Sulkosky's truck stopped at the instant of impact, and the Bergin car, winch was travelling south, continued on, dragging the front end of Sulkosky's truck around in the general direction of East Main street. Curley, who was standing on the running board almost at the point where Sulkos- ky's truck struck the Bergin car, was pinned against the car and fell off on to the street as soon as the two cars separated. He was picked up and hurried to St Marys hospital, where first his condition was not considered serious. He was suffering from decorations of the lower groin and, although it was not apparent, from a severed deep decorations on his legs and was transposed but without any salutary effect. He died very sud denly at 6:55 p. m. on May 18th, as n result of the injuries sustained.
 "Maple avenue is very narrow street and the cars parked at tho north corner on Cherry street, although in no way violating the law, hid the view from both Sul- kosky and Miss Bergin as the cars were approaching each other at the intersection. Neither car was trav- cling at a high rate of speed, and if Curley had not been standing on the running board. no injury would have been sustained by the occu- pants of either machine and the damage would only have been trivial.
 '' I find that said death was caused by decorations of the lower extremities with hemorrhage amounting practically to exsan- guination, but that said death wae not caused by any criminal act, omission or carelessness of the op- orator of either car"