Via the Burlington Free Press in Vermont:
A 19 year old man has pleaded guilty to huffing behind the
wheel, resulting in the death of a 56 year old New Hampshire man.
The accident occurred June 30th of last year. The
driver hit the motorcyclist, causing him to roll onto the hood of the car and
then under a wheel. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital. The car's passenger later told police they had both huffed
computer dusting spray while driving.
At the driver’s arraignment last August the judge ordered
the defendant released on the condition he attend a residential treatment
program. In exchange for his guilty plea yesterday the prosecution agreed to “drop a charge of gross
negligent operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death and to argue, at
sentencing, for no more than a five-year prison sentence.” At the man’s sentencing
next month he can argue for a suspended sentence of 15 years and no prison
time.
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