MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office announced that a Blacklick, Ohio, man was found guilty of vehicular homicide by a Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas jury after only 45 minutes of deliberation.
Officials say that 20-year-old Dustin D. Howington was found guilty of committing vehicular homicide on January 31.
Howington was convicted of recklessly driving his van into the path of an oncoming motorcycle on August 19, 2023, killing James Sanor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gerald Anderson says he’s pleased with the verdict.
“I am thankful the victim’s family received some sense of justice today and that this reckless driver has been held responsible for killing an innocent man,” Anderson said. “The jury deliberated for 45 minutes before finding Dustin Howington guilty of driving recklessly and killing James Sanor. The jury stated that the video captured on a GoPro camera and the crash reconstruction report were the main factors that assisted them in their decision.”