Teen driver waits to see if he’ll face up to 25 years for fatal crash
MT. UPTON – New York State Police are continuing the investigation into a fatal Bainbridge accident involving five area teens, and their findings could raise the severity of the charges currently facing the driver.
Police believe that the driver, 17-year-old Trebor E. Hoxie of Norwich, was under the influence of alcohol at the time of accident. The incident took place at about 5:55 a.m. Saturday along Route 206 in the Town of Bainbridge.
Hoxie was treated for minor injuries at Lourdes Hospital and charged with second degree vehicular manslaughter. He was arraigned in the Town of Bainbridge Town Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $200,000 cash bail. He is scheduled to appear back in court today at 4:30 p.m.
“If he’s convicted of the highest possible charge, there is a possibility he could do up to 25 years in state prison depending on the results of the blood-alcohol test and the results of the accident reconstruction,” said Chenango County District Attorney Joseph A. McBride.
Although Hoxie is currently charged with a manslaughter, a D class felony carrying a sentence of up to seven years, his crime could be raised to a B class felony with a maximum 25 year sentence, depending on two variables, McBride said.
The D.A. said that if Hoxie’s blood alcohol content was above .18 percent, more than double the legal limit in New York State, and if police’s reconstruction of the accident showed he was driving in a “dangerously reckless manner,” consistent with a reckless endangerment charge, then he could potentially face the B felony.
Hoxie has been appointed Public Defender Kayphet Mavady as his attorney. Mavady said Wednesday he had not yet met with his client and had not received any information on test performed on his client’s blood.
Hoxie voluntarily offered his blood for an alcohol test at Lourdes Hospital following the accident, reported police.
The Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton District Office released a statement Tuesday saying that each of the five teens involved in the fatal Bainbridge crash did at one time or another attend G-MU High School.
“On Saturday, April 18, we were made aware that there was a car accident involving five of our present or former Gilbertsville-Mount Upton students,” said Superintendent Glenn R. Hamilton.
Three of the teens were listed in seriously or critical condition early Saturday, but have since been upgraded to fair condition, said a spokeswoman with Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center in Johnson City Tuesday.
G-MU senior Ashley Crisell, 18, of Guilford, suffered major head trauma in the accident and was pronounced dead at Wilson on Saturday.
Senior Kathryn McLaughlin, 17, was initially listed in critical condition with a skull fracture, broken pelvis and foot amputation.
Former G-MU student Darren Houck, 18, was listed in critical with multiple injuries to his extremities and a punctured lung.
Morris junior, 17-year-old Kathryn Card, also a former G-MU student, was listed as stable with a broken right shoulder and cuts to her left upper thigh.
While Hoxie prepares for his day in court, the GM-U school district has begun calling on a specialist to aid students and staff over the recent tragedy.
“The school enacted its crisis response plan in preparation for the upcoming school week. This includes arranging for counselors from the school, community and other districts to be on hand to assist students and staff,” said Superintendent Hamilton. The school was in contact with the regional director of the New York State Mental Health department and the crisis center would be bringing critical incident teams to the school.
Hamilton also said he canceled a Friday groundbreaking ceremony for a school building project in light of recent events.
A number of local churches and community organizations have also stepped forward and offered the school district their support.
“They’re providing a safe haven for students and our staff by offering a place to go and talk,” he said.
Troopers said Hoxie was driving a green, 2001 Dodge Caravan when he lost control and it veered off the right side of the road, striking a guide rail and overturning several times before coming to a rest on its wheels, still in the roadway.
Troopers said none of the teens were wearing their seat belts and all of the occupants were ejected from the vehicle as it turned over several times.
First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee responded to the scene Saturday for the DA’s Office and witnessed the events as they unfolded.
He said Hoxie had dropped off a 21-year-old passenger in Bainbridge, just before the accident and just after an alleged drinking party in Morris.
Police believe that the driver, 17-year-old Trebor E. Hoxie of Norwich, was under the influence of alcohol at the time of accident. The incident took place at about 5:55 a.m. Saturday along Route 206 in the Town of Bainbridge.
Hoxie was treated for minor injuries at Lourdes Hospital and charged with second degree vehicular manslaughter. He was arraigned in the Town of Bainbridge Town Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $200,000 cash bail. He is scheduled to appear back in court today at 4:30 p.m.
“If he’s convicted of the highest possible charge, there is a possibility he could do up to 25 years in state prison depending on the results of the blood-alcohol test and the results of the accident reconstruction,” said Chenango County District Attorney Joseph A. McBride.
Although Hoxie is currently charged with a manslaughter, a D class felony carrying a sentence of up to seven years, his crime could be raised to a B class felony with a maximum 25 year sentence, depending on two variables, McBride said.
The D.A. said that if Hoxie’s blood alcohol content was above .18 percent, more than double the legal limit in New York State, and if police’s reconstruction of the accident showed he was driving in a “dangerously reckless manner,” consistent with a reckless endangerment charge, then he could potentially face the B felony.
Hoxie has been appointed Public Defender Kayphet Mavady as his attorney. Mavady said Wednesday he had not yet met with his client and had not received any information on test performed on his client’s blood.
Hoxie voluntarily offered his blood for an alcohol test at Lourdes Hospital following the accident, reported police.
The Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton District Office released a statement Tuesday saying that each of the five teens involved in the fatal Bainbridge crash did at one time or another attend G-MU High School.
“On Saturday, April 18, we were made aware that there was a car accident involving five of our present or former Gilbertsville-Mount Upton students,” said Superintendent Glenn R. Hamilton.
Three of the teens were listed in seriously or critical condition early Saturday, but have since been upgraded to fair condition, said a spokeswoman with Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center in Johnson City Tuesday.
G-MU senior Ashley Crisell, 18, of Guilford, suffered major head trauma in the accident and was pronounced dead at Wilson on Saturday.
Senior Kathryn McLaughlin, 17, was initially listed in critical condition with a skull fracture, broken pelvis and foot amputation.
Former G-MU student Darren Houck, 18, was listed in critical with multiple injuries to his extremities and a punctured lung.
Morris junior, 17-year-old Kathryn Card, also a former G-MU student, was listed as stable with a broken right shoulder and cuts to her left upper thigh.
While Hoxie prepares for his day in court, the GM-U school district has begun calling on a specialist to aid students and staff over the recent tragedy.
“The school enacted its crisis response plan in preparation for the upcoming school week. This includes arranging for counselors from the school, community and other districts to be on hand to assist students and staff,” said Superintendent Hamilton. The school was in contact with the regional director of the New York State Mental Health department and the crisis center would be bringing critical incident teams to the school.
Hamilton also said he canceled a Friday groundbreaking ceremony for a school building project in light of recent events.
A number of local churches and community organizations have also stepped forward and offered the school district their support.
“They’re providing a safe haven for students and our staff by offering a place to go and talk,” he said.
Troopers said Hoxie was driving a green, 2001 Dodge Caravan when he lost control and it veered off the right side of the road, striking a guide rail and overturning several times before coming to a rest on its wheels, still in the roadway.
Troopers said none of the teens were wearing their seat belts and all of the occupants were ejected from the vehicle as it turned over several times.
First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee responded to the scene Saturday for the DA’s Office and witnessed the events as they unfolded.
He said Hoxie had dropped off a 21-year-old passenger in Bainbridge, just before the accident and just after an alleged drinking party in Morris.
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