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Driver Was Distracted During Fatal Crash With Elderly Couple, Police Say Driver Was Distracted During Fatal Crash With Elderly Couple, Police Say
Driver Was Distracted During Fatal Crash With Elderly Couple, Police Say A Connecticut driver was distracted when he crashed into an elderly couple earlier this year, killing an 83-year-old Tolland County grandmother and seriously injuring her husband.  Stephen Lewis, 34, of Manchester, was charged with assault in the second degree, misconduct with a motor vehicle, distracted driving, and failure to exercise reasonable care near a vulnerable user on a public way, Vernon Police said.  Lewis was behind the wheel of a Toyota Sienna that crashed into Anna Krocheski, 81, and her husband, Joseph Krocheski, 83, around 9:30 a.m. on June 12 as th…