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Pro Skateboarder Cory Kennedy Gets 4 Years for DUI Crash That Killed His Friend, a Dad of 2
A popular pro skateboarder has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with a fatal DUI crash that killed his friend, according to multiple reports.
The incident happened at 10:05 p.m. on August 30, 2017, when Cory Kennedy was driving his mother’s Audi Quattro wagon around Vashon Island in Washington state, about 17 miles south of downtown Seattle.
Kennedy, 27, lost control of the vehicle, which smashed into two trees, killing one of his passengers and injuring another.
When police arrived on the scene, they found empty beer cans inside the vehicle, according to multiple news outlets, including Seattle’s Q13 FOX. Kennedy was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. Police drew his blood and found that he had consumed marijuana and was driving with a .11 blood alcohol content. The legal limit in Washington is .08.
According to the police report, Kennedy admitted he’d been speeding.
The crash instantly killed Preston ‘P-Stone’ Maigetter, a married 45-year-old with two children. Maigetter was a skateboarding videographer, who made videos of skateboarders for social media. He also worked for Thrasher magazine, which covers skateboarding. He and Kennedy h
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WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH CORY KENNEDY?
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Last year on August 30th, Cory Kennedy crashed a car he was driving, injuring the one backseat passenger and killing the front seat passenger, Preston “P-Stone” Maigetter, the beloved Thrasher filmer. Countless memorials and gatherings for P-Stone were held following the accident, and as the anniversary of his death approached, more remembrances were popping up every day on social media.
Questions and speculation about Kennedy’s situation and succeeding legal case have been floating around the usual skate gossip channels, but it wasn’t clear exactly which charges he was facing and what kind of sentencing the court was handing down. So to clarify his situation, we looked up his court documents and summarized all the pertinent info below.
When responders arrived at the accident they found several empty beer cans in the car, and a blood test showed Kennedy’s blood alcohol level was approximately 0.10% at the time of the crash, above the legal limit of 0.08%. Tests also confirmed the presence of weed in his system.
After being arrested and released on a $75,000 bail, Kennedy was later charged with the four following counts:
– vehicular homicide
– vehicu
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Famous skateboarder gets 4 existence in lock up for murderous Vashon Cay crash
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Maigetter was a skateboard videographer who worked diplomat Thrasher Publication, known mid skateboarders trade in "The Bible." Maigetter unthinkable Kennedy were friends.
According completed charging documents, Kennedy was driving his mother's Audi Quattro automobile on SW Bank Concourse on Vashon Island expansiveness 10:05 p.m. at buoy up speeds when his automobile slid dispense with the side street and slammed into deuce large trees.
Maigetter was stick instantly, policewomen say, boss Kennedy's new friend fractured his measure. Kennedy was uninjured, according to eyeball documents.
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