Man Who Drove Drunk in Fatal Crash Given 6 Years in Prison

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man has been ordered to serve six years in jail for a 2021 New Yr’s Day crash that killed a South Dakota lady.

Kenyon Eagle, 20, pleaded responsible in January to prison vehicular murder, two counts of prison vehicular harm and reckless endangerment.

South Central District Choose Cynthia Feland suspended all however six years of a 15-year jail sentence Tuesday. She additionally ordered Eagle to spend three years on probation.

Eagle was accused of driving drunk and going the flawed method within the westbound lanes of the Bismarck Expressway. His pickup truck collided head-on about 2:15 a.m. with a automotive pushed by Tiffany Shaving, of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, the Bismarck Tribune reported.

The North Dakota Freeway Patrol mentioned Shaving died on the scene . Her two passengers — Ryan Whitebull, 28, and Carlin Mellette, 25, each of Bismarck — have been severely injured and required hospitalization and surgical procedure. Eagle additionally was taken to a hospital for therapy.

Eagle’s blood alcohol content material was 0.21% on the time of the crash, Assistant Morton County State’s Lawyer Gabrielle Goter mentioned in courtroom. The authorized restrict for driving is 0.08%.

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