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 fatal accident that the car should not have been taken from the garage without his permission.
 Witnesses examined by Coroner M onZa included: Arsenau!t, Cartledge, Motor Patrolman Vim cent Begg. Michael Condon of Naugatuck, MT. Hoilander, George Navickcs of Bristol, Lieut.. Detec- tive William, Pollard. Elmer Roy. George Sengstacken of Union City and Charles Strickulis of 852 Bank street.
 Finding of Coroner
 The coroner's finding In part follows:
 A. George Hoiiander. the owner of an Oldsmobile sedan, left the same with the Rec Sales Agency In Waterbury on December 11th, 1884, to have a heater installed. Cyril Arsenault, the service man. ager of the Rec Sales company, in- stalled the heater on the evening of December 11th. 1884, and having installed the heater, then took the car out and drove to Water vile. Just what time he arrived in
  but was probably around midnight or shortly after. He had with him Clifford Cartledge, also employed by the Reo company in its service department. They went to the Marble Grille on Thomaston ave- nue, where deceased was then working and stayed there until late in the morning. The stories are de- cidedly divergent as to just what time they left the Marble Grille to come to Waterbury, but certainly they did leave around five o'clock in the morning; whether they had made any previous trips or not am not certain.
 Drunk While Driving
 At the time they started Arsen- ault was driving and he was deiin- itely intoxicated. They came to Waterbury. where they made one or two stops, and then started back to Waterviile. Arsenault was still driving, and the time was about slx-thIrty in the morning, just be- fore daybreak. As they were driv- ing up Thomaston avenue in that section between West Main street and the bridge over the rnilrond and canal, they were travelling at such high rate of speed that witness who saw them WAS fearful lest they would bc unable to make the turn on to the bridge and con tinue on Thomaston avenue. How ever, they succeeded In doing that. At the same time coal truck, owned by the Intercoastal Lumber Co., of Bridgeport, ana driven by Elmer Roy, was proceed ing northerly on Thomaston avenue and had reached point just north of the dam known ns Browns Falls when the OIdsmobilc, driven by ArHonault, crashed into the renr end of Roy's truck, then plunged diagonally across the road anu came to a stop against the fence, seriously injuring all of the occu- pants of the car.
 sccry Died of Hurts Seery was taken to the water. bury hospital where he died at 8;i3 on the same morning from 2 fracture of the base of the skull received in the accident. At the time the accident occurred. toy was operating on his own right side of the road. and with a ioad of coal of about the capacity or the truck,-21,000 pounds; nc was adequately equipped with tail light and reflectors; and at the time the Oidsmobile driven by Ar senault hit his truck 1t moved the rear spring hanger forward an inch and broke four one-half inch bolts. The force of the impact was sum cient to practically destroy the Oldsmobiie. Further Arsenault, the driver, was under the influence Of liquor.
 I And that said death was caus- ed by fracture of the skull received when the automobile, operated by Cyril Arsenault,, crashed into the truck operated by Elmer Roy. and that said death was caused by the gross and criminal negligence or said Cyril Arsenault.
 JOHN 1T. MoNZANI.