New London ―The unlicensed New London man charged in connection with a fatal moped crash last month had a cocktail of drugs in his system, according to a police report.

Blood tests taken after the Oct. 9 crash show that 30-year-old Francha J. Francis had drugs in his system that included benzodiazepine, cannabis, cocaine, PCP and fentanyl, police reports show.

Francis faces second-degree manslaughter and driving under the influence charges in connection with the 10:51 a.m. crash that led to the death of 68-year-old Raymond Getty of New London.

New London police had responded to 638 Broad St. that morning for reports of a man on the ground and acting erratically at the Cedar Grove Cemetery, off Broad Street.

Arriving at the cemetery, New London Police Officer Eric Hulland saw a man on a red moped, also described by police as a scooter, exiting the cemetery at high speed. Moments later, Hulland heard a crash on Broad Street, according to the affidavit for Francis’ arrest warrant.

A witness who was driving behind Getty on Broad Street told police that the man later identified as Francis “flew” out the cemetery entrance on his moped and struck or “T-boned” Getty’s moped.

Francis took off running, police said, but was caught nearby and found to be “acting very erratic and rambling,” at one point lying on the ground and crying, police said. He was taken to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.

Getty was also taken to L+M but because of his severe head injury, which included a fractured skull, he was flown by Life Star helicopter to Yale New Haven Hospital. Getty was taken off life support Oct. 11, police said. An autopsy revealed Getty had died from blunt force injury to the head, and the cause of death was initially ruled an accident, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner reported.

Police said reconstruction of the accident showed that Getty was struck and thrown from his moped. His helmet was found 36 feet away from him and was likely unbuckled at the time of the accident, police said. Police said that based on Getty’s injuries, “it appeared the helmet was not on the victim when his head struck the pavement.”

Police said Francis had his license suspended in 2018 and did not have a license at the time of the crash. Court records show Francis has previous convictions and stints in prison for charges that include assault, larceny, using a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission and probation violations. He remains held on a $100,000 bond and due to appear Dec. 19 in New London Superior Court.

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