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A HIT AND RUN IN WATERBURY
HAS LEFT A POPULAR MAINTENANCE
WORKER DEAD. THE CRASH TOOK
PLACE AROUND NOON YESTERDAY...
AT THE COUNTRY VILLAGE
APARTMENTS ON LESTER DRIVE.
NEWS EIGHT'S ALI REED TALKED
TO THE MAN'S FRIENDS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED. ALI?THE MAN
KILLED HAD BEEN A MAINTENANCE
WORKER IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
THE PAST 23 YEARS. BUT IT WAS
CLEAR
WORKER IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
FROM TALKING TO RESIDENTS
TODAY... THAT HE WAS SO MUCH
MORE THAN THE MAN WHO HELPED
THEM FIX THEIR PROBLEMS.
HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED BY
ALL THE TENANTS, ALL THE CO-
WORKERS AND TODAY IS JUST A
VERY SAD DAY (18:41) - LET
BLEED (EMOTIONAL)YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON HIS COLLEAGUE AND
FRIEND OF 25 YEARS,
62-YEAR-OLD IVAN RAJCOOMAR,
WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR.
IVAN HAD BEEN OUT ON A
MAINTENANCE CALL AND WAS
GRABBING SOME TOOLS FROM HIS
TRUCK WHEN POLICE SAY A
SPEEDING 16-YEAR-OLD DRIVER
RAN HIM OVER. MICHAEL IS NOT
ONLY GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HIS
FRIEND, BUT THE FACT THAT HE
WAS THE ONE WHO SENT HIM OUT
ON THAT CALL. I SENT HIM DOWN
HERE THEY CALLED ME 2 MINUTES
LATER ON THE RADIO AND SAID
THAT HE'D BEEN STRUCK BY A
CAR, I CAME DOWN HERE AND
THAT'S WHEN I SAW HIM ON THE
GROUND AND IT WAS A HARD
THING, JUST A HARD THING (05)
I JUST FEEL LIKE IF I HADN'T
SENT HIM DOWN HERE MAYBE IT
WOULDN'T HAVE GONE DOWN THE
WAY THAT IT WENT DOWN. (20:10)
A MEMORIAL NOW SITS WHERE IVAN
WAS KILLED....AND WHERE ONE OF
HIS COLLEAGUES HELPLESSLY
WATCHED IT HAPPEN. I CAN'T
EVEN THINK HOW HE DIED SO FAST
I WAS JUST TALKING TO HIM. I
WAS ABOUT TO YELL OUT TO HIM
(32:36)THE DRIVER TRIED TO
FLEE THE SCENE - BUT RESIDENTS
TRACKED HIM DOWN.POLICE ARRESTED
THE DRIVER. RESIDENTS AND THE
MAINTENANCE STAFF HAVE SINCE
BEEN GATHERED AT THE VERY SPOT
IVAN DIED TO REMEMBER THE
GREAT LIFE HE LED. HE NOT ONLY
FIXED YOUR STUFF, HE TOUCHED
YOUR HEART. HE MADE YOU FEEL
FOR HIM AS HE FELT FOR YOU
(32:21)
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IVAN LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND
4 CHILDREN....ONE OF WHOM
WORKED AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER
ALONGSIDE HIM.THE NAME OF THE
DRIVER IS NOT BEING RELEASED
BECAUSE HE IS JUST 16 YEARS OF
AGE. HE DOES FACE SEVERAL
CHARGES.... INCLUDING
MASLAUGHTER. DARREN AND