WFSB reported in April 2025 that Cromwell, Connecticut man Luis Resto learned his sentence in the May 2022 death of 38-year-old tow operator Christopher Russell of Ellington on Interstate 91 in North Haven, with the court imposing 15 years in prison suspended after eight, plus three years of probation on the second-degree manslaughter and evading responsibility convictions, according to WFSB. The case closed nearly three years after the fatal strike.
Operator takeaway
Connecticut courts are willing to impose multi-year prison time on drivers who strike and flee operators. Your dashcam captures the evidence; the prosecutor uses it.