Nation IN BRIEF / KENTUCKY : Sentence Finished in Crash That Killed 27
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The man convicted in the nation’s deadliest drunken driving accident--a fiery, head-on collision that killed 27 people on a church bus--was released from prison in La Grange, Ky., after 9 1/2 years. Larry Mahoney, 46, said nothing on his release. “It is my impression that he wants to blend back into society,” said state police Lt. Henry “Sonny” Cease, who investigated the 1988 crash. Mahoney, his blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit, was driving his pickup truck the wrong way on an interstate when he smashed into the bus. The former chemical plant worker was convicted of manslaughter.
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