The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
John G1uazdowsky
 Held By Coroner
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merchandise. He was 8 properly licensed operator of motor ve- hicles and the truck he was operating was a 1887 Diamond T with capacity up to four ton. GwazdoWsky's instructions were, upon his return to Waterbury, to park the truck at the Central Parking Station, on LeavenWorth street. Instead of doing this. however, he went first to North Main street to see his brother, and then to the West End Grills located at the northeast corner of West Main and Judd streets. He parked the truck on Judd street and went into the tavern at about 10:00 o'clock and there met his friend, Edward Miller who had been in the tavern for about an hour.
 Shortly after 1900 o'clock, Miller and Gwazdowsky left the tavern to go to what is known as "Blackie's Hot-Dog Stand" on the Cheshire Waterbury road. GWazdoWsky had consumed about II gin coolers during his sojourn at the tavern. When the two men came out of the tavern they got into the truck and GWazdoWsky started to drive it in the direction of Cheshire although he was at that time in no condition to do so.
 On the Cheshire Waterbury road, Waterbury, about one-hat mile from the Cheshire line the truck struck the deceased, John Dimichuk, who was walking east erly on the highway. He was on his way to the home of Dr. H. J. Corbett on the Marion Road in Cheshire where he was employed as caretaker. The force of the im- pact, when the truck struck Dim- ichuk, was so great that he was thrown 58 feet from the highway although he weighed well over 200 pounds. The entire radiator grill on the truck was pushed back and the right front headlight was broken. The impact also set off the burglar alarm with which this truck was equipped. The operator of the truck made no effort to stop and continued on for about two miles, when he was forced to stop due to the fact that as a re- suit of the impact the fan caught in the radiator which had been pushed back and allowed the fan belt to slip causing the motor to become so overweighted that 1t would no longer function. The driver was able to proceed as far as he did only because the high way for the most part is des- cending grade in the direction in which he was travelling. Dimichuk sustained such severe injuries that he died on April 18th, 1888, at the Waterbury Hospital at 11:05 a. m. Cwazdowsky failed to state that he had struck a man on the road and it was not until 500 a. m. on the morning of April 10th that Dimichuk was found alongside the highway by State Police Officer Maurice Purtell. There is no ques- tion but that the driver of this truck at the time Dimichuk was struck was definitely under the in- fluence of intoxicating liquor.
 The truck finally stopped about a half a mile westerly of the Knollcote gasoline station on the Cheshire Waterbury road in the Town of Cheshire. Miller and Gwazdowsky got out of the truck to inspect the damage to 1t. The
 truck was parked partially on the cement highway which is es- tablished by the fact that there is tire mark on the cement made by the rear wheel of the truck which mark is three feet from the southerly edge of the concrete. The two men had been out of the truck only 8 few minutes when Hillman White, properly lic- ensed operator of motor vehicles.