Driver Charged With Manslaughter In Crash That Killed DOT Worker In Wallingford

WALLINGFORD, CT — An East Haven woman faces an additional charge of second-degree manslaughter in connection with a crash that killed a Connecticut Department of Transportation worker in Wallingford in June, New Haven Judicial District State's Attorney John P. Doyle Jr. announced Monday.

Andrew DiDomenico, 26, of Meriden, was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was working on the Wharton Brook connector near Exit 13 in Wallingford on Friday, June 28.

Denise Lucibello, 55, was previously charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, driving under the influence of alcohol / drugs, illegal operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license, failure to drive in proper lane, and failure to slow down / move over for a non-emergency vehicle in connection with DiDomenico’s death.

At the time of Lucibello’s July 1 arraignment in Meriden Superior Court on the previous charges, Doyle said the New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office was awaiting results from a Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s investigation of the crash to determine whether additional charges would be filed against the defendant.

“The outcome of the investigation by the Connecticut State Police and the Connecticut State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad (CARS), both of DESPP, resulted in the recent filing of the charge of Manslaughter in the Second Degree by the State’s Attorney’s Office,” Doyle wrote in a news release.

Lucibello is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 18.

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