THE ACCUSED (SOCHA) IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.
ON APRIL 14, 2008, FU QUAN LIU, 59, WAS CROSSING EAST ON ROUTE 32 AT THE INTERSECTION OF SANDY DESERT ROAD, TO GO TO WORK AT THE MOHEGAN SUN. HE WAS HIT BY A DARK COLORED CAR TRAVELING SOUTH , THAT POLICE FELT NEVER STOPPED AND JUST KEPT GOING. FU QUAN LIU DIED ON MAY 8, 2008, AT YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL.
THE STATE POLICE COLLISION ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION UNIT AND RESIDENT MONTVILLE STATE TROOPER INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT . THEY SENT PAINT FRAGMENTS FROM LIU'S CLOTHING TO THE STATE POLICE FORENSIC LAB. THE LAB COULD NOT DETERMINE THE MAKE AND MODEL CAR FROM THE PAINT FRAGMENTS.
POLICE OBTAINED VIDEO TAPE OF THE ACCIDENT FROM THE MOHEGAN SUN. THE VIDEO REPORTEDLY SHOWS LIU WALKING ACROSS ROUTE 32 (HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT) BEING STRUCK BY A SOUTHBOUND CAR. THE VIDEO SUPPOSEDLY SHOWS LIU FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND THAT THE CAR DID NOT STOP.
A WOMAN VIEWER SAW THE STORY ON TELEVISION. ON OCTOBER 20, 2008, THE WOMAN CALLED THE POLICE AND STATED THAT A MAN HAD TOLD HER THAT HE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE HIT THE GUY. SHE TOLD THE POLICE THE DRIVERS NAME AND THAT HE OWNED A MERCURY COUGAR. SHE SAID THE DRIVER OF THE BLACK MERCURY ALLEGEDLY DROVE IT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
POLICE WENT ON OCTOBER 21, 2008, AND INTERVIEWED JEFFERY SOCHA, 21,OF 3 VENTURA DRIVE, OAKDALE, CONNECTICUT. SOCHA STATED THAT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT AND HIT THE PEDESTRIAN WITH THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF HIS CAR. HE SAID HE DROVE OFF AFTER HE HAD STOPPED BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED. PARKED AT HIS HOME WAS A 1999 BLACK MERCURY COUGAR WITH RIGHT FRONT FENDER DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE FROM HITTING SOMEONE.
SOCHA WAS ARRAIGNED IN NORWICH SUPERIOR COURT ON THE FOLLOWING CHARGES: 1) MISCONDUCT WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, 2) EVADING RESPONSIBILITY AND 3) FAILURE TO OBEY A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. HE WAS RELEASED ON A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR ($5,000.00) CASH SURETY BOND. SOCHA IS SCHEDULED BACK IN COURT DECEMBER 19, 2008.
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