Manuel Enrique Frias was high on oxycontin when he hit a motorcyclist.
Credit: 18th Judicial District Attorney s Office Author: Richard Cote Updated: 10:49 AM MST January 27, 2021
PARKER, Colo. A driver who was high on oxycontin when he hit and killed a motorcyclist in Parker was sentenced to 8 years in prison on Friday.
Manuel Enrique Frias plead guilty in November to vehicular homicide DUI and leaving the scene of an accident involving death, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney s Office. Other charges in the case were dismissed as part of the plea agreement, the District Attorney s Office said.
On August 19, 2019, Frias hit a motorcyclist, Tom Neubert, at the intersection of North Piney Lake Road and East County Line Road in Douglas County, according to the District Attorney s Office.