Driver Will Not Serve Jail Time for Fatal Campus Shuttle Bus Accident

The driver of a  shuttle bus that hit and killed a university student in March 2011 will not serve jail time, according to a Hartford Courant report.

Lukasz Gilewski, 22, of Newington received two years of probation Monday in Rockville Superior Court, according to the Courant.

Gilewski to charges stemming from the death of 20-year-old David N. Plamondon in July 2011.

He was , according to an arrest report. A conviction for negligent homicide with a motor vehicle can come with a penalty of up to six months in jail.

On March 22, 2011, Plamondon, 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.

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.