The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-18
Car rMishops Toll Here ut.ll
 Two Struck Down
 By Hit-ruin Drivers

E1GVSu PC1oOAAo WY :. automobile accidents yesterday ana early this morning. Seven, vlctlms were admitted to hospitals and one was repoFted to be on the danger list. Two were "hit-run" accidents. The two fait-run victims are Her man Peterson of 3Sl West Main, Street, and Clarence Creighton 0o' of 402 West Main Street.
 Creighton, on the danger l1st at Waterbury Hospital. Is under treatment for a skull fracture, copncussiOn of the brain and in- terr,al injuries. Police said he ywas discovered lying In the road ah west Main and Willow Streets shortly after l A. M. John SlaO1zO of 2O4 Walnut Street told police he nasrosly n,iased hitting the man as he drove hy. Police are holding Harry nj AGOdugnO. S2, of 'l4S Waterville Street for question ing.
 Peterson, under treatment at the same hospital for a leg fracture, lacerations of the scalp and contu- gions of both legs, was reported to be in A good condition today. Police cold the man was struck by car while crossing West Grove Street near Crane Street at Il F. M.
 Reported to be in . flair con
 dition at st. Mary'S Hospital
 was William Mellon, 50, of 34S HuAtingdon Avenue. MT. Mellon
 sustained . back injury when struck by . car in Exchange
 Place shortly after 6 F. M. yes- terday. His wife, also injured in the accident, was discharged
 after treatment of abrasions Of
 the legs and arms.
 Driver of the car, Peter J. Remy, Se. of Cedar Mountain Road, Thomaston, was notified by Motor .Patrolman Chris Delaney to appear in City Court today on a charge or reckless driving.
 Two others, involved in an acci- dent ct Brookside Road and Wa tertown Avenue at A. M. today, were reported to be in fair con- dition at St. Mary's Hospital. An other man, & passenger in the vehicle was discharged after treat nnent. x.
 The driver of the car, Vali-
 mare Bernier, 70, of 7S1 Hamil-
 ton Avenue, is under treatment
 for fractures of the ribs and left
 ankle. John Kulikauskas, 28, of
 2A5 Riverside Street, Oakville,
 sustained . deep lacerattOn of
 the right ear. The other pas
 aenrer wns James Cullen, 41, of
 70 walnut Avenue.
 Sgt Daniel Murphy said the driver will be arraigned on a reck- less driving charge.
 Two children were injured also. Reported to be in good condition today at St. Mary's Hospital, tour year-old Carol Lee Finelli of 13l Proctor Street, was admitted for treatment of Q leg fracture after she ran into a car on Hill Street near Mary Abbott School yesterday afternoon. Police said no arrest was made.
 The other child, eight-year-
 old MarIene Romano, of S26
 Willow Street, was discharged
 from St. MaEy's Hospital after treament of . slight abrasion of the right ear. Police said the
 child was struck when she ran
 from behind . parked car on
 Willow Street near Arch Street.
 No arrest was made.
 James Stevens, 32, of 100 Blakes- lee Circle, admitted to st. Mary's Hospital at 9:30 P. M. yesterday. was reported to be in a fair condi- tiOn today. Police said Stevens was struck by e car driven by Robert ,Seeley. $, of S8 Edgewood Avenue as he crossed East Main Street near School Street.
 He is under treatmerlt for a pos &ible brain ccuclsSion and 8 lacer- ated forehead. Sergeant Murphy said Seeley took the injured man to the hospital.
 GeOree MAskie, 2S, of Terry
 ville, will be nrraiened on 2 road
 rules violation charge following
 an accident at WatertOwn Ave- nue and Robbins Street At
 I A. AG. today in which his car
 crashed into the traffic stand-
 ard there.
 "A girl passenger in the car, Vir- einia Tedesco, 2l. of All Wategville Street, was discharged from Wa tsrbury Hospital following treat- ment cf q minor arm injury