Monroe Man Arrested in Connection With Fatal ATV Crash

Monroe police have arrested a 36-year-old Monroe man in connection with an ATV crash that killed a man and injured two children who were riding on the vehicle without helmets.

Police said Randall Pippa, 36, of Monroe, owned the all-terrain vehicle that John Compton, 29, of Bridgeport, was driving on the night of Dec. 27, 2014.

Compton, who had an elevated blood alcohol level, hit a curb in the 200 block of Turkey Roost Road and the ATV flipped, throwing Compton, a 2-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl, from the vehicle.

Three individuals were riding an ATV two days ago when it hit a curb and flipped landing on top of him.

One of the girls injured was Pippa's daughter, police said.

When police responded at 6:01 p.m. on that Saturday night, they found Compton unresponsive in the road and performed CPR until he and the two girls were rushed to Bridgeport Hospital.

Compton later died at St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport.

Pippa has been charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor and three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment.

He turned himself in to Monroe police on Feb. 19, was released on a promise to appear and will appear in court on March 4.

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