Updated: 1:20 PM EST December 10, 2020
WARSAW, N.Y. A Wyoming County man pleaded guilty Thursday to a crash last April that took the life of his 20-year-old passenger.
Michael A. Conrad, 21 of Eagle, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, assault and driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs.
New York State Police responded to an accident to Pleasant Valley Rd. on April 14 in the Town of Wethersfield. When they got there, a passenger in Conrad s car, 20-year-old Cori Lynn Shearing, was already dead.
An reconstruction expert determined Conrad was driving at a speed of 97 mph and lab tests showed he was also under the influence of marijuana and ecstasy at the time of the crash.