New Hampshire driver charged with negligent homicide after now fatal crash
A New Hampshire man is facing a negligent homicide charge in connection to a Bedford crash after one of his passengers died over the weekend, according to police.
Deng M. Chol Mabor, 39, of Manchester, was arrested Sunday while recovering at Elliot Hospital. In addition to the negligent homicide charge, he faces charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated (alcohol) and reckless conduct/putting a person in danger, according to police.
Police responded to a report of a crash on South River Road Friday around 2:45 p.m. An initial investigation reveleaed that Chol Mabor was speeding when his Nissan struck a utility pole, causing it to fly through the air and over a fence before landing upside down in front of a home, police said.
Two people were ejected from the car and another was seriously injured, according to police. Chol Marbor sustained shoulder, arm, and neck injuries, while another passenger, Thon A. Kuai, a 36-year-old man from Manchester, died over the weekend, police said. The third passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Manchester, was treated and later released.
Chol Marbor was released from the hospital and taken to Hillsborough County Department of Corrections, where he is being held on $250,000 bail, police said. He is expected to be arraigned in Merrimack District Court Monday morning.
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