Authorities said the accident was alcohol-related. The accident occurred on County Trunk Y, one-tenth mile south of Emerald Road in the town of Watertown. Investigators at the scene indicated that the vehicle was southbound on County Trunk Y and drifted onto the right-hand shoulder of the road. The driver, overcorrected and the vehicle slid across the roadway, going into the ditch on the east side of the highway. The vehicle slid into a field and overturned three to four times, coming to rest on its roof.
Reports indicate the car was speeding when the crash occurred.
In the vehicle was Dani, the driver, and another passenger, they were all ejected from the vehicle. Everyone was fine except for Dani. The driver was guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle in the drunken-driving death and sentenced to 20 years in prison. A poem for Dani Go back to school home page.