ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A Portland man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of a motorcyclist last year.
The Daily Astorian reports that 45-year-old Kenneth Eugene Middleton was sentenced Tuesday. The Clatsop County jury also found him guilty last week of assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless endangering and reckless driving in the death last May of 35-year-old Andrew Church of Rainier.
The newspaper said Middleton was driving eastbound on U.S. Highway 30 near Astoria and had consumed at least a dozen beers when his pickup truck crossed the center line on a blind curve and hit Church on his motorcycle.
Middleton was not injured but his 13-year-old daughter was a passenger and suffered minor injuries.
