MONTICELLO – A Livingston Manor man was sentenced Wednesday in Sullivan County Court to three to nine years in state prison for a deadly snowmobile crash that occurred in the Village of Liberty on December 17, 2013.
Alan Hendrickson, 28, previously pled guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and misdemeanor operating a snowmobile while intoxicated. Hendrickson’s blood-alcohol content at the time of the incident was .19 percent.
His passenger on the sled, James Cole, 32, of Liberty, was killed when Hendrickson crashed into a pole while riding at about 9:15 p.m.
Hendrickson had a prior conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in 2009 in New Paltz.
“Alcohol and motorized vehicles, of any kind, do not mix and the results can be deadly as we saw here,” District Attorney James Farrell said.
A couple of civilians came upon the crash before police arrived and aided in the investigation by detaining and identifying the operator of the snowmobile.
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