A former Gowanda resident has been arrested on several charges in connection with a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred in the Town of Hanover in December 2023. WDOE News spoke with Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt, who says an investigation involving State Police led to the indictment of 25-year-old Milly Garcia, who now lives in Texas. Schmidt says Garcia was the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash on Route 39…
Jason Schmidt: struck a vehicle head-on Trooper James O’Callaghan tells us that Garcia was indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury on August 22nd and was taken into custody locally Wednesday night after being extradited from Texas. According to Schmidt, toxicology results determined that Garcia had a BAC more than 2 1/2 times the legal limit when the crash took place…
Jason Schmidt: BAC of .21%, also impaired by marijuana…