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Wines' Mother Sues Driver
Brittany Dorn
Issue date: 9/14/07 Section: News
Carlee Wines' mother, Pamela Wines, has sued the driver of the vehicle that hit her daughter this past winter, as well as the driver's mother.
The lawsuit, filed this summer in Superior Court in Rockville, alleges that "negligence and carelessness" on the part of Anthony Alvino caused "the collision, and the personal injuries, losses and death sustained and suffered" by Carlee Wines.
The suit also contends that Alvino's mother, Donna, who owned the vehicle, allowed her son to operate it "when she knew, or should have known, that [her son] was unfit and/or incompetent to operate [it]" and was likely to use it to create an "unreasonable risk of harm to others."
On Jan. 20, Wines was in a North Eagleville Road crosswalk when she was hit by a car driven by Alvino a little before 2 a.m.
Alvino immediately sped from the scene. Wines was brought to Rockville Hospital by ambulance and then transferred in a Lifestar helicopter to Hartford Hospital, where she died two days later.
The incident caused grief across campus and precipitated a full-scale investigation by UConn police, who posted fliers around campus, checked vehicles in all parking lots, conducted hundreds of interviews and stopped drivers at checkpoints to see if they had any information about the incident.
After a 35-day investigation, police arrested Alvino, 18, a student at St. Bonaventure University in New York at the time.
Alvino's girlfriend, Michele Hall, a passenger in the vehicle and UConn student at the time of the incident, was also arrested. She is not named in the lawsuit.
The suit names a variety of ways in which Alvino was careless on the night of the incident, among them: he was driving too fast, he failed to grant the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, he failed to sound his horn or give any warning to the pedestrian, he operated a vehicle under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol and he was inattentive while driving.
The lawsuit, filed this summer in Superior Court in Rockville, alleges that "negligence and carelessness" on the part of Anthony Alvino caused "the collision, and the personal injuries, losses and death sustained and suffered" by Carlee Wines.
The suit also contends that Alvino's mother, Donna, who owned the vehicle, allowed her son to operate it "when she knew, or should have known, that [her son] was unfit and/or incompetent to operate [it]" and was likely to use it to create an "unreasonable risk of harm to others."
On Jan. 20, Wines was in a North Eagleville Road crosswalk when she was hit by a car driven by Alvino a little before 2 a.m.
Alvino immediately sped from the scene. Wines was brought to Rockville Hospital by ambulance and then transferred in a Lifestar helicopter to Hartford Hospital, where she died two days later.
The incident caused grief across campus and precipitated a full-scale investigation by UConn police, who posted fliers around campus, checked vehicles in all parking lots, conducted hundreds of interviews and stopped drivers at checkpoints to see if they had any information about the incident.
After a 35-day investigation, police arrested Alvino, 18, a student at St. Bonaventure University in New York at the time.
Alvino's girlfriend, Michele Hall, a passenger in the vehicle and UConn student at the time of the incident, was also arrested. She is not named in the lawsuit.
The suit names a variety of ways in which Alvino was careless on the night of the incident, among them: he was driving too fast, he failed to grant the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, he failed to sound his horn or give any warning to the pedestrian, he operated a vehicle under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol and he was inattentive while driving.
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Timmy
posted 9/14/07 @ 9:04 AM EST
Very shady ad for Donna Alvino, the "Multi-Million Dollar Producer"
http://www.realestateshows.com/156142
Aubrey S Engle
posted 9/14/07 @ 10:21 AM EST
Has Anthony Alvino been charged and when will his trial start?
anonymous
posted 9/14/07 @ 2:03 PM EST
Not that I endorse suing 'everyone,' but U. of Connecticut did not have "yield to pedestrian" signs throughout their campus as they do now (after the accident). (Continued…)
Emily
posted 9/15/07 @ 4:21 PM EST
It doesn't matter if there were no "yield to pedestrian" signs throughout campus at the time Carlee was hit. Not only were Anthony Alvino and his girlfriend completely irresponsible by driving drunk, but they did not take responsiblity for their actions until they were finally caught. (Continued…)
anonymous
posted 9/17/07 @ 1:23 PM EST
The "no signs" comment, even if mitigating, would fall FAR short, IMHO, of absolution. It was merely to state a fact that I found to be harrowing at the time. (Continued…)
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