Man Pleads Guilty In DWI Crash That Killed Central NY Teen

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — A 33-year-old central New York man has pleaded guilty in the alcohol-related crash that killed a recent high school graduate last month.

Dain Schneider of Owasco pleaded guilty Tuesday in Cayuga County Court to aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Prosecutors say Schneider had been drinking the night of July 27 when he drove nearly 100 mph on a road in Owasco and rear-ended an SUV being driven by 18-year-old Chloe Calhoun, who had graduated a month earlier from Auburn High School. She died later at a Syracuse hospital.

Authorities say Schneider's blood-alcohol content was .23 percent, nearly three times the legal limit.

Schneider faces seven to 24 years in prison when he's sentenced Oct. 18.

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