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March 31st, 2009, 02:03 AM
Elizabeth Durante
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Daniel Musser
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He stood hunched over, head hung low, as a judge in Norwich arraigned Daniel Musser, 24, on manslaughter and D.U.I. charges.
The navy man is accused of a drunk driving crash in Montville that killed a Connecticut College junior over the weekend. He told police that he had "four or five drinks over the course of the evening" at the Mohegan Sun Casino, reports the Courant.
Elizabeth Durante, a budding humanitarian, was on her way to begin a humanitarian mission in Uganda. She was in a Connecticut College van that was struck when Musser drove the wrong direction on the highway, said police.
In court we learned the 24-year-old has no prior arrests, is originally from Mississippi, and has been in the U.S. Navy for shy of five years.
The judge placed him on a suicide watch and tripled his bond to $300,000.
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Police said Musser failed a road sobriety test and two breathalyzer tests.
His family and friends left the courthouse quickly, with nothing to say about the man who could face 19 years in prison if convicted.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Manslaughter-DUI-Charges-Against-Petty-Officer.html
A wrong-way driver veered into the northbound lanes of I-395 in Montville, striking a van and killing a student from Conn. College leaving for an alternative spring break.
The deadly crash happened around 3:45 a.m. Saturday near exits 79 and 79A, when a southbound-traveling vehicle drove onto the northbound side of the highway, striking the passenger van carrying 8 Conn. College students, said State Police. A Conn. College spokesperson has identified the passenger killed as Elizabeth Durante of West Islip, NY.
5 of the students were brought to Backus Hospital in Norwich. Two others were rushed to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London. All have since been treated and released.
A school spokesman says the students were headed to the airport for a spring break service trip to Uganda.
State Police say the driver, Daniel Musser an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, faces charges including manslaughter and DUI. He is scheduled to appear in court Monday. The northbound side of the interstate was shut down for nearly 5 hours while police investigated.
Conn. College is providing counseling for students that are on campus. More counseling will be available when classes resume after spring break.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/I-395-Wrong-Way-Driver-Kills-One.html
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Daniel Musser
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He stood hunched over, head hung low, as a judge in Norwich arraigned Daniel Musser, 24, on manslaughter and D.U.I. charges.
The navy man is accused of a drunk driving crash in Montville that killed a Connecticut College junior over the weekend. He told police that he had "four or five drinks over the course of the evening" at the Mohegan Sun Casino, reports the Courant.
Elizabeth Durante, a budding humanitarian, was on her way to begin a humanitarian mission in Uganda. She was in a Connecticut College van that was struck when Musser drove the wrong direction on the highway, said police.
In court we learned the 24-year-old has no prior arrests, is originally from Mississippi, and has been in the U.S. Navy for shy of five years.
The judge placed him on a suicide watch and tripled his bond to $300,000.
Related Stories
Police said Musser failed a road sobriety test and two breathalyzer tests.
His family and friends left the courthouse quickly, with nothing to say about the man who could face 19 years in prison if convicted.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Manslaughter-DUI-Charges-Against-Petty-Officer.html
A wrong-way driver veered into the northbound lanes of I-395 in Montville, striking a van and killing a student from Conn. College leaving for an alternative spring break.
The deadly crash happened around 3:45 a.m. Saturday near exits 79 and 79A, when a southbound-traveling vehicle drove onto the northbound side of the highway, striking the passenger van carrying 8 Conn. College students, said State Police. A Conn. College spokesperson has identified the passenger killed as Elizabeth Durante of West Islip, NY.
5 of the students were brought to Backus Hospital in Norwich. Two others were rushed to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London. All have since been treated and released.
A school spokesman says the students were headed to the airport for a spring break service trip to Uganda.
State Police say the driver, Daniel Musser an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, faces charges including manslaughter and DUI. He is scheduled to appear in court Monday. The northbound side of the interstate was shut down for nearly 5 hours while police investigated.
Conn. College is providing counseling for students that are on campus. More counseling will be available when classes resume after spring break.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/I-395-Wrong-Way-Driver-Kills-One.html