Bridesmaid Killed By Groomsman in DUI Crash, He Goes to Prison
Posted on:6/25/2009
Written By: Chris Robideaux
| A Delaware man was drunk when he crashed his car after a wedding rehearsal dinner last April, killing a bridesmaid in his own wedding party. He has received a four year prison sentence. |
A Delaware man was drunk when he crashed his car after a wedding rehearsal dinner last April, killing a bridesmaid in his own wedding party. He'd had about 10 cocktails at the event, but said that he did not feel too impaired to drive. He was a groomsman in the upcoming wedding, and 25-year-old Megan Perry, a bridesmaid, asked for a ride to the location where the wedding was taking place the next day. A short time after the couple left the rehearsal dinner, the groomsman crashed the car into a utility pole. The bridesmaid was pronounced dead at the scene, but the groomsman suffered only from undisclosed injuries.
He pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and now faces a four-year prison sentence for driving a car while under the influence of alcohol. The groomsman’s name is Jayson Maykut. He also may face fines and a revoked license when he is released from prison in four years.