People v. Ericson

This is an appeal from the judgment convicting the defendant of the crime of leaving the scene of an accident without stopping and reporting as provided in subdivision 5-a of section 70 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

On the evening of April 16, 1938, the complainant, Kenneth McLean, was driving his automobile in a southerly direction along the public highway known as the Township road in the town of Stamford and the defendant was driving in an opposite and northerly direction along said highway. As the two cars passed, the rear bumper of the defendant’s car came into collision with the front…