On Tuesday, 86-year-old Robert Carroll of Bristol, appeared in Hartford Superior Court facing charges of manslaughter, nearly a year since a crash on Route 6 in Farmington, which resulted in the death of his wife, a pregnant mother and her unborn child.
Carroll was driving with his wife, Ruth, also aged 86, last October when he collided with a minivan being driven by Melinda Hart, a 27 year old pregnant mother from Bristol, with her three children in the back seat.
Police say that Carroll caused the accident by turning left into coming traffic.
Carroll broke his leg in the crash together with other serious injuries and still uses a walker to get around.
His wife Ruth Carroll was also critically injured and later died at the UConn Health Center in Farmington along with Hart, who was eight months pregnant at the time. Her unborn child did not survive but her three children; aged 4, 6 and 8 did and are currently living with the father of two of them.
Carroll was arrested on July 16, charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree and third-degree assault, and first-degree reckless endangerment plus traffic offences.
He posted $10,000 bond and was released.
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