Crime & Safety

UConn Police Make Arrest in Fatal Campus Shuttle Bus Accident

Bus operator Lukasz Gilewski of Newington is now facing charges.

Police have arrested the driver of a campus on March 22.

Lukasz Gilewski, of Newington, turned himself in Friday at the UConn Police Department after learning about a warrant for his arrest.

Gilewski was charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and failure to yield right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, according to an arrest report.

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He has been released on $10,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court on Tuesday, July 26.

On March 22, David N. Plamondon, 20, of Westminster, MA, was walking at the intersection of Hillside Road and Alumni Drive around 8 p.m. when he was struck by a campus shuttle bus on the Storrs campus, police said.

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Plamondon died due to the severity of his injuries, according to police.

After an investigation by the department with assistance from the Connecticut State Police truck squad/accident reconstructionists and witnesses, it was determined that Plamondon was walking in a pedestrian crosswalk at the time of the accident, police said.


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