January 19, 2011 NY man indicted in DUI death of campus security officer www.privateofficer.com
HERKIMER NY Jan 19 2011 — A 23-year-old Rome man has been charged in connection with an alcohol-related head-on crash in Frankfort last September that killed a Mohawk Valley Community College security guard.
Roy Kangas was indicted on a sealed-indictment in Herkimer County Court Tuesday on 11 charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide, first-degree and second-degree vehicular manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors said.
Kangas also faces various misdemeanors and violations, including: aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired by marijuana and the drug Diazepam, driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs and alcohol, reckless driving, and speed not reasonable and prudent, prosecutors said.
Kangas was arraigned without an attorney Tuesday, and Judge Patrick Kirk will arrange for Kangas to appear in court with an assigned attorney at a later date, Herkimer County Assistant District Attorney Jeff Carpenter said.
These are the first charges that Kangas has faced in connection with the Sept. 10, 2010, accident on Dyke Road that killed 34-year-old Terry Kohl, of Utica, at about 11 p.m.
Following an accident reconstruction investigation by the Frankfort Town Police and state police, it was determined that Kangas’ blood alcohol content level was 0.23 percent – nearly three times the legal limit – when he got behind the wheel, prosecutors said.
After leaving Mr. McGill’s bar in Schuyler, Kangas drove about a mile and a half before colliding with Kohl’s vehicle, Frankfort town police Officer in Charge James Getman Jr.
Since the fatal crash, Kangas has been held at the Oneida County jail without bail on a probation violation for drinking alcohol before driving a motor vehicle that night, officials have said.
Kohl had left work at MVCC just six minutes before the collision, Getman said. Because Kohl was a public servant as a security guard, Getman said he was saddened by the Kohl’s death.
Whether or not Kangas is convicted, Getman said Kangas’ role in the deadly crash should weigh heavily on Kangas.
“Mr. Kangas will forever be behind the bars of his conscience that will be put up in his mind for the horrible mistake of taking the life of another person,” Getman said. “This will forever haunt him, and he will have to live with that for the rest of his life.”
Source:UticaOD.com
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