Prosecutor: Driver in Martin Crash Intoxicated
A blood-alcohol test on the man blamed for the traffic accident that killed former New York Yankee manager Billy Martin shows he was drunk, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Port Crane, N.Y.
The test supports the charge that William Reedy was intoxicated on Christmas evening when he drove Martin’s pickup truck off the road near Martin’s rural home, according to Kevin Guyette, a prosecutor in the Broome County district attorney’s office.
Guyette refused to say what Reedy’s blood-alcohol level was, but he said Reedy was charged under the state law that says a person is intoxicated when his blood-alcohol level is at least 0.10%.
Reedy, who was injured in the accident, was listed in fair condition in a Syracuse hospital.
Funeral services for Martin will be held Friday in New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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