Mystic — An attorney for the estate of an elderly couple struck and killed by an alleged drunken driver has filed a complaint in New London Superior Court seeking to force Stonington police to release its investigative materials on the March 9 crash.

A hearing on the Bill of Discovery filed by New London attorney Robert Reardon Jr. has been set for June 17.

Reardon is asking a judge to order the police department to release a complete report, including scene diagrams, written statements, photographs, video and other evidentiary information assembled in connection with the crash in front of Latitude 41 restaurant on Route 27. A car driven by Carol M. Belli of Groton struck and killed Seth and Joanna Wakeman of Stonington.

Belli has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs but has not been charged in connection with the deaths of the Wakemans.

In addition to the investigative information, Reardon is asking for a judge to order that the Wakemans’ estate and its attorneys can depose members of the Stonington Police Department.

Stonington police Capt. Todd Olson said Tuesday that the department is aware of the Reardons' complaint and is looking into it.

Last month, The Day filed a state Freedom of Information request for much of the same information, and police provided the newspaper with the accident report but not the other investigative materials.

In his complaint, Reardon wrote that by the time the Wakemans’ estate had hired an attorney four days after the crash, “all the physical evidence had been removed from the scene" and “important forensic evidence was no longer available to the Plaintiffs' counsel and their experts.”

Reardon wrote that a request was made for the report four days after the crash and was told it would not be provided. He alleges that police have failed to provide the report within 15 days, as required by state law.

Reardon wrote that the police department’s failure to comply with the law “has caused the plaintiffs and its experts severe prejudice and irreparable harms as it impairs their ability to investigate this civil wrongful death case involving an intoxicated drinker, including locating and interviewing witnesses, reconstructing the circumstances of this accident and determining the conduct of Carol Belli before and at the time the accident occurred.”

j.wojtas@theday.com