Police will not bring a negligent homicide charge against the driver of a garbage truck that struck and killed a 63-year-old Milbank Avenue woman in January, Greenwich Police Sgt. Timothy Berry said yesterday.
Stamford prosecutors late last week rejected an application for a warrant seeking to charge the truck's driver with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and cite him with unsafe backing in the death of Elizabeth Watson.
Watson was struck around 6:30 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 31 by a Finocchio Brothers sanitation truck as it backed out of an alley near 12 Havemeyer Place, where it had been emptying dumpsters, police have said....
....Watson worked at many Greenwich Avenue stores since the 1970s, stores such as D.W. Rogers clothing store, Woolworth's department store and Mead's stationery that have since disappeared, her family said.
Most recently, she had worked at Pet Pantry on Railroad Avenue.
Watson's younger brother, Edwin Watson, 58, of Norwalk said his sister was walking to work at the Pet Pantry when the accident occurred.
Please See:
Elizabeth Watson 1944-2008
By Bill Clark
This afternoon the sanctuary at the First Presbyterian Church was just as full as it had been for the regular morning service. We were there to honor our beloved friend Elizabeth Watson, who was killed in a tragic accident a week ago Thursday.
Elizabeth stood only about four feet tall, but her physical stature was no measure of the huge impact she had on those who knew her. For some forty years she sang in the church choir, and rarely if ever missed a Sunday. Her enthusiasm for everything was infectious. She was child-like in her simplicity. Her emotions were nothing if not genuine. She loved life.
Elizabeth, you see, was slightly impaired. Not retarded - that's too strong a word, although those who didn't get to know her might have labeled her as such....
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