DUI Milford Woman Charged After Fatal Accident: State Police

ORANGE, CT — A 22-year-old Milford woman is charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle and DUI for the May 2017 fatal accident involving a Stratford man in Orange, State Police said.

State Police say Taylor Madison Stanford, 22, of High Street in Milford was arrested this weekend for her role in the fatal accident from 2017, which occurred on Route 15 South near Exit 57 in Orange. The victim was Michael J. Zawadski, 45, of Judson Place in Stratford.

Stanford was released after posting a $50,000 bond. State Police said Zawadski's vehicle was traveling in the right lane when Stanford's car was traveling southbound in the left travel lane at a high rate of speed.

Stanford's vehicle veered left off of the roadway and ran over a curb located in the median. She lost control of her vehicle and struck Zawadski's car, and his car rolled over and he was ejected from the vehicle, State Police said.

Zawadski's car left the road and traveled down an embankment located in the right shoulder. Stanford was also partially ejected from her car and she was taken to a hospital for injuries, State Police said.

Stanford's court date is July 16 in Derby Superior Court.