June 9, 2026

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Former NY State Trooper to Begin Serving Sentence for Killing Bradford Woman While DUI

1490NewsBlog – WESB

A retired New York State Trooper convicted of killing a Bradford woman while driving drunk will start serving his prison sentence on Wednesday.

David O’Brien of Allegany had been allowed to remain free pending his latest appeal, which has been denied.

He had been sentenced to one to seven years in priosn.

Prosecutors say O’Brien was drunk and driving the wrong way in the 2008 crash that killed Wendy Karnes on Route 219 in Cattaraugus County.

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