Wooster,OH : Man gets fine and no jail for causing fatal crash on April, wednessday 26th 2017

He pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter, but due to a charging error and language in the law that prohibits the operator of a buggy from being so charged, a Sugarcreek man ended up being convicted of failure to yield instead.

On March 22, Robert S. Coblentz, 75, of 2662 State Route 93, pleaded guilty in Holmes County Municipal Court to a single count of vehicular manslaughter, a second-degree misdemeanor.

On Wednesday, he withdrew his guilty plea and the charge was amended to failure to yield, a minor misdemeanor. He was fined $150.

Joyce Morris, 74, Maple St. NW, Sugarcreek, died Jan. 20 from injuries sustained in the crash, which occurred at the intersection of state Route 39 and County Road 114 in Walnut Creek Township, according to the Wooster Post of the State Highway Patrol.

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Man gets fine and no jail for causing fatal crash