Complaint Review: STATE OF CONNECTICUT TOLLAND COUNTY D.A. MATT GEDANSKY

ON DECEMBER 5, 2007 MY BROTHER PATRICK J. **** OF STORRS, CT. WAS HIT BY AN IMPAIRED HYPOGLYCEMIC DRIVER. THIS MAN DID NOT PROPERLY MAINTAIN HIS HEALTH AND FAILED TO TAKE HIS MEDICATION AS PRESCRIBED WHICH ENTAILED CHECKING HIS BLOOD SUGAR BEFORE ADMINISTERING INSULIN (TO FIND THE CORRECT DOSAGE), FAILED TO EAT A MEAL WITH HIS INSULIN AS DIRECTED ON THE CONTAINER AND BY HIS PHYSICIAN, AND ALSO DID NOT CHECK HIS BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL AFTER TAKING HIS INSULIN.

HE APPARENTLY WENT HYPOGLYCEMIC BEHIND THE WHEEL, RAN A RED LIGHT T-BONING MY BROTHERS CAR AT AN INTERSECTION FATALLY INJURING PATRICK SMITH. THIS MAN THEN BACKED UP HIS CAR (BASED ON NUMEROUS WITNESSES ON THE SCENE) AND DROVE AWAY ONLY TO CAUSE A SECOND CRASH. MY BROTHER DID NOT DIE IMMEDIATELY ACCORDING TO WITNESSES...HE HELD ON SEVERAL MINUTES IN 20 DEGREE WEATHER BEFORE PASSING AWAY.

AFTER THE HELL OF WAITING NEARLY A YEAR AND PRODUCING 6 WITNESSES THE STATE POLICE SOMEHOW NEVER SPOKE TO AND NEVER HEARING A WORD FROM THE OTHE DRIVER SHOWING ANY TYPE OF REMORSE WE WERE INFORMED BY TOLLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MATT GEDANSKY THAT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WOULD NOT PROSECUTE THIS MAN AS HE WAS HYPOGLYCEMIC AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING. THIS WAS AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO HAVE MY FAMILY SPEAK TO HIM TO SHARE INFORMATION I MYSELF DISCOVERED AND TO LET HIM HEAR OUR POINT OF VIEW.

I HAVE COMPLAINED TO EVERYONE I CAN THINK OF, THE GOVERNOR OF CT. M. JODI RELL, THE STATES ATTORNEY AND EVERY MEDIA OUTLET I COULD GET MY HANDS ON. I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MAN CANNOT BE CHARGED WITH ANYTHING AND HOW HE IS NOT BEING PUNISHED SINCE HE WAS IMPAIRED, DID NOT MAINTAIN HIS HEALTH OR TAKE HIS MEDS AS PRESCRIBED...HOW HE WAS DRIVING WITH A BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL OF 19-HOW HE KILLED A MAN AND HE HAS YET TO RECEIVE A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR WHAT HE DID.

THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE SAYS THIS REGARDING IMPAIRED DRIVERS:

"In Connecticut, driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs (DUI) is a criminal offence. This offence may be prosecuted with or without any direct evidence of a person's BAC. The determining factor is whether the person's ability to operate has been impaired."

YOU CAN VIEW THIS WEBSITE AT:

http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=1388&q=259450

AT THE MOMENT NO COURT IN THE COUNTRY HAS PROSECUTED A HYPOGLYCEMIC DRIVER FOR KILLING WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL...THERE HOWEVER IS A PROMISING CASE IN SAN JOSE, CA. AGAINST A JOHN MAYFIELD FOR KILLING 2 AND INJURING 5 IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT. MR. MAYFIELD IS A DIABETIC WHO DID NOT TAKE HIS MEDS IN THE MORNING AND LATER THAT DAY DECIDED TO DOUBLE DOSE HIMSELF. HE WAS DRIVING A PACIFIC LIGHT & POWER TRUCK WHICH AFTER HE PASSED OUT SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF A COLLEGE STUDENT COUPLES CAR CAUSING IT TO BURST INTO FLAMES BURNING BOTH ALIVE. 5 OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THIS CRASH...CURRENTLY SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS PRESSING CHARGES AGAINST THIS MAN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL SET AN IMPORTANT LEGAL PRECEDENT WHICH I HOPE WILL PUSH OTHER STATES TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND PUNISH THOSE WHO KILL BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO DRIVE IMPAIRED.

MY BROTHER WAS 39, A VERY PRESENT DIVORCED FATHER AND MY BEST FRIEND. I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW HE COULD HAVE DIED SUCH A HORRIBLE AND POINTLESS DEATH AND HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY JUSTICE.

MICHAEL R. ****
SAN DIEGO, California
U.S.A.