SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – David Ernest Baskett, an 83-year-old involved in a fatal forklift crash in May of 2024, was sentenced to one year of probation as part of a plea agreement.
As part of the plea agreement, Baskett pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter stated a press release Tuesday from the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office.
On May 2, 2024, Baskett moved a large forklift onto Skyway Drive with its eight-foot-long forks reaching into lanes of traffic and raised about four feet off of the roadway detailed the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office.
Baskett then left the forklift in the position with no indication to motorists noted the prosecutor’s office…