Milford Woman Sentenced For Fatal DUI Crash

MILFORD, CT — A Milford woman has been sentenced to serve three and a half years in prison for a DUI crash that killed a Stratford man on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Orange in 2017, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Taylor Stanford, 24, who had a blood-alcohol content level double the legal limit at the time of the crash, was also sentenced to five years of probation following the prison term.

Stanford was charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle and DUI for the May 2017 crash that killed Michael J. Zawadski, 45, of Stratford. The crash occurred on Route 15 South near Exit 57 in Orange.

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 at the time.

Zawadski's car left the road and went 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.

Read more from Stanford’s sentencing at the Connecticut Post here.